Story Cauldron (storycauldron.substack.com)
Exploring the existence of quirky storytelling in our everyday lives
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Philosopher File: Aztec Philosophy (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Aztec philosophy tells us that the world is slippery, and that if we don’t want to lose our footing, we need all the wisdom we can get.
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Philosopher File: Gautama Buddha (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
The Buddha was a wandering renunciant in Ancient India who kick-started a two and a half thousand-year-old religious and philosophical revolution. But who was this mysterious figure, and what was the revolution he started?
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The Most Ill-Timed Website in History – The History of the Web (thehistoryoftheweb.com)
There are a near infinite number of sites that have launched that you’ve never heard about. This is likely one of them. But if not for poor timing, it may have been primed for success.
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Histories (www.gethistories.com)
Weekly stories from the hidden corners of history.
Histories is a free weekly email exploring hidden corners of history through diaries, letters, articles and memoirs of the past. Fascinating lives and events recorded first hand!
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Alexus McLeod on Maya Philosophy (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Questions of time, ritual and identity lie at the heart of Maya philosophical traditions. Find out more in this fascinating interview with Alexus McLeod.
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Philosopher File: Sunzi and the Art of War (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Sunzi’s “The Art of War” is an ancient Chinese text that has become famous worldwide for its insights into strategy. Even today, it is still a go-to reference for military and business leaders.
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Weaving the Net of Argument: Three Radical Women Philosophers (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Three stories of women philosophers in the ancient world weaving arguments to challenge their male contemporaries. Gārgī Vācaknavī in India, Hipparchia in Greece, and Jing Jiang in China.
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Philosopher File: Empedocles (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Empedocles was a philosopher, wandering poet and shamanic healer who claimed the entire universe was underpinned by the forces of Love and Strife.
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Philosopher File: Deng Xi (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Deng Xi was a lawyer and philosopher associated with the so-called “School of Names”. He was skilled in debate and frequently caused confusion by simultaneously arguing opposite viewpoints.
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Philosopher File: Anaxagoras (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
The Presocratic philosophers are famously strange and difficult; but of all of them, Anaxagoras, who saw the universe as essentially gunky, is one of the strangest.
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Philosopher File: Anna Ezekiel on Karoline von Günderrode (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Philosopher Anna Ezekiel talks about Karoline von Günderrode, and about the German philosopher’s distinctive philosophy of free will, identity and death.
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Philosopher File: Xenophanes (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
All about Xenophanes, the wandering Greek philosopher and poet who was fiercely critical of his contemporaries’ views on the nature of the gods.
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Nights out in New York, 1744 (www.gethistories.com)
How does Mr Jameson communicate with his nose?
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Home – Unintended Consequences (unintendedconsequenc.es)
This site is dedicated to the study of second-order effects, learning about systems, and developing frameworks to evaluate decisions. Learn about unintended consequences.
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Philosopher File: Jing Jiang on politics, weaving and gender (www.lookingforwisdom.com)
Jing Jiang is one of the earliest women in Chinese recorded history to engage in philosophical debate. She was a thinker with a keen grasp of politics, and a considerable skill in argument.
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Stop before it is too late (socialchain.substack.com)
Welcome to SOCIAL CHAIN, a newsletter about important stories that deserve your attention and action—written by me, Daria. What happened? Civil war in Ethiopia: the conflict between the federal government and the ruling party of Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia, broke out at the beginning of November. After multiple cases of disobedience of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed unleashed the military forces to reconfirm his reaffirm his influence across the country.
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Whose Lives Matter? (feministgiant.substack.com)
On the Hatred and Willful Disregard for Black Women’s Lives
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What RBG’s real legacy will be (theknowhow.substack.com)
What we need are more Ruths—more women breaking into all the places where decisions are being made.
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