You're certainly familiar with the feeling: you get an idea for one project, and then a queue starts lining up in your head as you imagine everything else you could be doing. You scroll through your ...
Reading Andrew S. Curran’s “Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely” will, among other things, make you feel very lazy. On a typical day, Curran points out, Diderot might “write on ancient Chinese and ...
I am not a psychologist or a philosopher. But I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the goals we pursue, the things we own, and the items we buy. I find it to be a fascinating study into human ...
Have you ever bought something new — a smart jacket, a fancy couch, or an OLED TV — only to be hit with the sinking feeling that the rest of your wardrobe, living room, or tech accessories suddenly ...
Curating the perfect home forever is a myth. Lifestyles change, habits shift, and the ambiance you desire will evolve, too. However, it's a thin line between a quick spruce every now and then and a ...
Before there was Wikipedia, there were encyclopedias — and Saturday marks the 300th birthday of the father of one of the world's most important. Eighteenth-century French philosopher Denis Diderot was ...
Charles T. Wolfe receives funding from the FWO (Flanders Research Council, Belgium). Today (October 5) is 300 years since the birth of Denis Diderot, a prominent Enlightenment philosopher, art critic, ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Humanities Professor Andrew Curran discussed the life of French enlightenment thinker Denis Diderot and the writing of the the Encyclopédie, written ...