The limits of humanism
How do we reconcile our capacity for good and evil? Humanist thinking does not have all the answers.
ByVoltaire
Is this the best of all possible worlds?
Leibniz’s claim that God created the optimal world fails to explain the intractable problem of human suffering.
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The story of Adam and Eve: exploring the myth of the original sinners
Stephen Greenblatt’s book is a pellucid and absorbing account of the Biblical tale’s great significance.
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