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Lucian Freud's Unseen Drawings

Posted 05.02.2012

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Lucian Freud is one of the most formative artists in figurative painting. Before his death last year, he created unsettling portraits of mottled, swam...

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'Supposing Truth Is A Woman': The Song Of Songs And Passover’s Freedom

Daniel Rynhold | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Judaism, Gender and Religion, Friedrich Nietzsche, Song of Songs, Passover, Video, Religion News
Daniel Rynhold

While we need to make strong commitments to create meaningful religious identities and vibrant communities, love cannot flourish through the dogmatic imposition of one person's view of truth to the exclusion of other perspectives.

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Kafka, Faith and Atheism: An Interview With Martin Walser

Posted 03.12.2012

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The European By Alexander Görlach Alexander Görlach of The European sat down with the German writer and intellectual Martin Walser to discuss th...

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Why Post 50 Males Must Resist Becoming "Standardized Old Men"

Brent Green | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: David Cogswell, Existentialism, Baby Boomer Men, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Brent Green, Generation, Baby Boomers, Post 50 Men, Boomers, Huffpost 50, Huff/Post50 News
Brent Green

This is a generation that has never settled for outdated traditions, and collectively men over 50 will create new images of male aging. The sociology of Boomer male aging has vast implications for business, from edgy new products to inspired services.

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Excerpts From Hot New Sitcom: Leave it to Nietzsche

Doug Lieblich | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Television, Sitcoms, Philosophy, Entertainment, Ayn Rand, TV Pilots, Pilots, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ukelele, Comedy, Family, Nihilism, Hollywood, TV Canada, Comedy News
Doug Lieblich

Every year, hundreds of pilot scripts jockey for a coveted position on a network's primetime lineup. One such script, was the highly lauded pilot Leave it to Nietzsche.

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Does Harvard Want Bold Thinkers or Good Little Boys and Girls?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: University, Harvard, Liberty, First Amendment, Harry Lewis, College, Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Campus, Free Speech, Higher Education, Greg Lukianoff, Civility, Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Socrates, Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jonathan Rauch, College News
Greg Lukianoff

Harvard has missed something that I fear much of our society has lost sight of: Even if by some weird and lucky coincidence we happened to be right about every belief we cherish, we nevertheless tend not to understand why we hold those values until they are challenged.

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Truth, Opinion, and Jesus

Alexander Goerlach | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Religion, Martin Luther King, Charles Darwin, Jesus, Mahatma Gandhi, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosophy and Religion, Christianity, Truth and Action, Objective Truth, Religion News
Alexander Goerlach

Can we talk about objective, irrevocable truth? Or merely about claims to truth that are contested by the statements of others? The answer has massive implications for our idea of man.

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What It Means to Be 50 and a Woman in America in 2011: A Birthday Message to President Obama

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 10.03.2011

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Barbara Hannah Grufferman

Once we hit 50, we understand life is not unlimited, so maybe now's the time to clarify our priorities. I can only assume that President Obama and his team have been thinking about and planning his legacy for quite some time. Is he on the right track?

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The Meaning and the Rhetoric of Evil: Auschwitz and Bin Laden

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: George Bush, Freud, Manichaeism, Trauma, Ronald Reagan, Rwandan Genocide, Terrorism, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Existential Vulnerability, 9/11, Collective Trauma, Heidegger, Holocaust, Hannah Arendt, Evil, Osama Bin Laden, Nihilism, Radical Rvil, Nazis, Resurrective Ideology, Crusades, Auschwitz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Global Warming, Totalitarianism, World News
Robert D. Stolorow

Is there an alternative to ideological illusion and the rhetoric of evil? Yes, there is. We must remember our common human vulnerabilities and bring them into a collective conversation within which our existential anxiety can be held and better borne.

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The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Vladimir Nabokov, Author Criticism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Insulting Authors, Harold Bloom, Author Insults, Gustave Flaubert, Books News

Sigh. Authors just don’t insult each other like they used to. Sure, Martin Amis raised some eyebrows when he claimed he would need brain damage to w...

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Trauma And The Hourglass Of Time

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Traumatic Loss, Emotional Trauma, Alienation, Harry Potter, Finiteness, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, Emotional Understanding, Grieving, Trauma, Coping With Trauma, Coping With Death, The Gay Science, Reliving Traumatic Experiences, Death & Dying, Metastatic Cancer, Coping With Loss, Traumatic Experience, Healthy Living News
Robert D. Stolorow

If you, or someone you care about, ever experience a traumatic loss, never think or utter the words, "You have to let it go and move on." Time does not heal the wounds of trauma.

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What Is The History Of Modern Atheism?

Christian Science Monitor | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Atheist, Atheism, H.L. Mencken, Books, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Book Reviews, The Unbelievers, Atheists, Mark Twain, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Dawkins, Books News

When the priest asks him why, with his days numbered, he still has not turned to God, Meursault, the death row inmate in Albert Camus's "L'Étranger,"...

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Nietzsche, Buddhism, and Burning College Newspapers: My Interview with spiked

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campus Liberty, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Free Speech, Dartmouth College, College, Speech-Codes, University of Delaware, Brendan O'neill, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Censorship, Spiked, Spiked-Online, College News
Greg Lukianoff

Last week I sat down for an interview in my backyard in Brooklyn with Brendan O'Neill, editor of the British online magazine spiked. Brendan has been ...

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Kafka and the True Way

David Vognar | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Vognar

~Franz Kafka: "The true way is along a rope that is not spanned high in the air, but only just above the ground. It SEEMS intended more to cause stumb...

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Moffat's Sex. Nietzsche's Memory.

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Singer

It used to be sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll -- now it's sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, politics and Wall Street. For some reason, a lot of folks just get hung up about that sex thing.

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First Nighter: Important "Red" Alert on Broadway

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

Red insists that art matters; so does Red matter in all its dark, dramatic hues.

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If God Is Dead, Then F*ck Is The Most Important Word In English (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, God Is Dead, Guru, Rajneesh, Meditation, Nietzsche, God, Friedrich Nietzsche, Osho, Nietsche, Bhagwan, Video, Books News

If God is dead, asks the speaker of the video, then what is the most important word in English? "F*ck" is what he comes up with, and not surprising co...

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January 28th: Creation of Element 114 (1999)

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radioactive Decay, Elements, Science, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ununquadium, Superheavy Elements, Element Classification, Element 114, Heino Nitsche, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Ununquadium is a very stable element, unlike Lithium, which is known to fly off the handle at the mere mention of its messy bedroom.

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Sweaty Sex and Alan Watts

Sebastian Siegel | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sebastian Siegel

I think I'll continue to pay attention to those voracious lovers and darers of life, the risk takers, and the committed like Alan Watts.

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The Overhuman

Sebastian Siegel | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sebastian Siegel

You can create happiness in moments, but fulfillment only comes from challenging yourself to rise to your potential

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Eating Animals: Jonathan Safran Foer's New Book Asks Why Don't We Eat Pets?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi David Wolpe

Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is a triple marvel: the research is serious and far reaching, the writing clear, clever, accessible and in a few instances graphically ingenious, and the cause is genuinely important.

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Defiant Danish Director Lars von Trier Tackles Antichrist

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antichrist, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lars Von Trier, Willem Dafoe, New York Film Festival, Films, New York City, Movies, Misogyny, Psycho, Carrie, Andrei Tarkofsky, The Shining, Horror, Rosemary's Baby, The Antichrist, Friedrich Nietzsche, Manderlay, Dogville, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Questions for Lars von Trier: "You had a a researcher on misogyny in the credits. In the writing or making of this film did you learn something about misogyny in yourself, in your work?"

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Sharpening the Saw: The End of Summer and Back to Work

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

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Vivian Norris

I hope that as many people as possible have sharpened the saw this summer. Because, dear humans, we will need to be at our best in the days ahead.

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Judge Sotomayor, Republican Inquisitors, and the Fallacy of Immaculate Perception

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Relativism, Perspectivism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Prejudice, Repulicans, Jon Kyl, Gadamer, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.

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No One Who Was Normal Ever Made History: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

James Arthur Ray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Normalcy, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Jesus, Geniuses, Michael Jackson Dies, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genius, Death, Life, Icon, Fame, Tribute, Entertainment News
James Arthur Ray

Michael's life, when considered within the broader scope of highly creative people throughout history, was not really that unusual after all.

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