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Weekly articles from the first version of this site, summer 2023, reading through Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy.

1. june 2023 · 11 min readChurch, Science and ScientismThe first article: how the authority of science replaced the authority of the church, and what got lost along the way.
2. june 2023 · 24 min read · 35 min listenMachiavelliMachiavelli, humbug, and the honesty of saying what power actually does.
3. july 2023 · 24 min read · 31 min listenErasmus and MoreTwo reformers before the Reformation, reading silently, and life in More’s Utopia.
4. july 2023 · 7 min listenThe Reformation and Counter-ReformationWrapping up religious issues in philosophy. This week was a recording only.
5. august 2023 · 15 min read · 21 min listenThe Rise of ScienceCopernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Newton, and the end of the ancients’ chokehold on knowing the world.
6. ✦ august 2023 · 15 min read · 20 min listenFrancis BaconBiases and hypotheses, the advancement of technology, and whether Francis Bacon liked bacon.
7. summer 2023drawingsSketches from the old site: Joan of Arc, Thomas More, Isaac Newton and more.