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!
Questions of time, ritual and identity lie at the heart of Maya philosophical traditions. Find out more in this fascinating interview with Alexus McLeod.
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.
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.
Empedocles was a philosopher, wandering poet and shamanic healer who claimed the entire universe was underpinned by the forces of Love and Strife.
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.
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.
Philosopher Anna Ezekiel talks about Karoline von Günderrode, and about the German philosopher’s distinctive philosophy of free will, identity and death.
All about Xenophanes, the wandering Greek philosopher and poet who was fiercely critical of his contemporaries’ views on the nature of the gods.
How does Mr Jameson communicate with his nose?
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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.
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.
On the Hatred and Willful Disregard for Black Women’s Lives
What we need are more Ruths—more women breaking into all the places where decisions are being made.
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