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Website: www.hesperus.press
Website: www.hesperus.press
In Japanese, the word philosophy is 'Tetsugaku' (哲学):
'gaku' meaning science/study and 'tetsu' meaning wisdom
==> 'study of knowledge'
But it used to be translated during the early Meiji period as Ki-Tetsugaku, where 'ki' (希) means to seek
==> 'study of seeking wisdom'
'gaku' meaning science/study and 'tetsu' meaning wisdom
==> 'study of knowledge'
But it used to be translated during the early Meiji period as Ki-Tetsugaku, where 'ki' (希) means to seek
==> 'study of seeking wisdom'
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
In Japanese, the word philosophy is 'Tetsugaku' (哲学):
'gaku' meaning science/study and 'tetsu' meaning wisdom
==> 'study of knowledge'
But it used to be translated during the early Meiji period as Ki-Tetsugaku, where 'ki' (希) means to seek
==> 'study of seeking wisdom'
'gaku' meaning science/study and 'tetsu' meaning wisdom
==> 'study of knowledge'
But it used to be translated during the early Meiji period as Ki-Tetsugaku, where 'ki' (希) means to seek
==> 'study of seeking wisdom'
I’m curious to see how it handles the Cyclops episode.
When the Cyclops Polyphemus asks Ulysses his name, he replies Outis, Greek for “Nobody”
Later, when blinded, Cyclops cries out: “Nobody is killing me by fraud.”
There is poetry in Homer that will be hard to rival on screen
When the Cyclops Polyphemus asks Ulysses his name, he replies Outis, Greek for “Nobody”
Later, when blinded, Cyclops cries out: “Nobody is killing me by fraud.”
There is poetry in Homer that will be hard to rival on screen
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I’m curious to see how it handles the Cyclops episode.
When the Cyclops Polyphemus asks Ulysses his name, he replies Outis, Greek for “Nobody”
Later, when blinded, Cyclops cries out: “Nobody is killing me by fraud.”
There is poetry in Homer that will be hard to rival on screen
When the Cyclops Polyphemus asks Ulysses his name, he replies Outis, Greek for “Nobody”
Later, when blinded, Cyclops cries out: “Nobody is killing me by fraud.”
There is poetry in Homer that will be hard to rival on screen
A Song Bewailing the Time of Christmas,
So Much Decayed in England
from 1624
Full text: shakespeareauthorship.com/xmas/
So Much Decayed in England
from 1624
Full text: shakespeareauthorship.com/xmas/
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A Song Bewailing the Time of Christmas,
So Much Decayed in England
from 1624
Full text: shakespeareauthorship.com/xmas/
So Much Decayed in England
from 1624
Full text: shakespeareauthorship.com/xmas/
Sweet article by Robert McCrum with a sweeter Oscar Wilde quote: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sweet article by Robert McCrum with a sweeter Oscar Wilde quote: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
🇺🇸 Literacy 2024
-54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th grade level
-Low levels of literacy costs the US up to 2.2 trillion per year
-US ranks 36th in literacy
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
-54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th grade level
-Low levels of literacy costs the US up to 2.2 trillion per year
-US ranks 36th in literacy
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🇺🇸 Literacy 2024
-54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th grade level
-Low levels of literacy costs the US up to 2.2 trillion per year
-US ranks 36th in literacy
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
-54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th grade level
-Low levels of literacy costs the US up to 2.2 trillion per year
-US ranks 36th in literacy
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
open.substack.com/pub/counterc...
open.substack.com/pub/counterc...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
open.substack.com/pub/counterc...
open.substack.com/pub/counterc...
Happy Publication Day!
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy Publication Day!
Those that for claps do write [...]
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.
To John Donne by Ben Jonson
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.
To John Donne by Ben Jonson
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Those that for claps do write [...]
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.
To John Donne by Ben Jonson
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.
To John Donne by Ben Jonson
🚨 Autumn Budget incoming!
Austerity and cuts don’t fix the economy — they make it worse
The 2025 updated edition of 'Who Needs More Cuts?', with a foreword by ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, lays out a better path for Britain 🇬🇧
For preorders:
🔗 hesperus.press/products/who...
Austerity and cuts don’t fix the economy — they make it worse
The 2025 updated edition of 'Who Needs More Cuts?', with a foreword by ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, lays out a better path for Britain 🇬🇧
For preorders:
🔗 hesperus.press/products/who...
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🚨 Autumn Budget incoming!
Austerity and cuts don’t fix the economy — they make it worse
The 2025 updated edition of 'Who Needs More Cuts?', with a foreword by ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, lays out a better path for Britain 🇬🇧
For preorders:
🔗 hesperus.press/products/who...
Austerity and cuts don’t fix the economy — they make it worse
The 2025 updated edition of 'Who Needs More Cuts?', with a foreword by ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, lays out a better path for Britain 🇬🇧
For preorders:
🔗 hesperus.press/products/who...
"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life?"
Adam Bede author Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born on this day in 1819 #OTD
Adam Bede author Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born on this day in 1819 #OTD
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life?"
Adam Bede author Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born on this day in 1819 #OTD
Adam Bede author Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born on this day in 1819 #OTD
We now accept USDC stablecoin as payment!
If you think crypto’s about to collapse, what better way to exit the markets than by spending it on good books?
Link 🔗 : www.hesperus.press
If you think crypto’s about to collapse, what better way to exit the markets than by spending it on good books?
Link 🔗 : www.hesperus.press
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We now accept USDC stablecoin as payment!
If you think crypto’s about to collapse, what better way to exit the markets than by spending it on good books?
Link 🔗 : www.hesperus.press
If you think crypto’s about to collapse, what better way to exit the markets than by spending it on good books?
Link 🔗 : www.hesperus.press
Really cool to see the different kinds of independent bookshops in Japan.
(Spoiler: some charge admission, others offer beds—or beer!)
Bookstores | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
(Spoiler: some charge admission, others offer beds—or beer!)
Bookstores | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Bookstores - Japanology Plus | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
*First broadcast on October 9, 2025 The number of bookstores in Japan is decreasing, but both major chains and independent stores are finding creative ways to attract book lovers. We look at the next ...
www3.nhk.or.jp
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Really cool to see the different kinds of independent bookshops in Japan.
(Spoiler: some charge admission, others offer beds—or beer!)
Bookstores | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
(Spoiler: some charge admission, others offer beds—or beer!)
Bookstores | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
(stolen from substack.com/@joelaguiler...)
October 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
(stolen from substack.com/@joelaguiler...)
My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too
The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Who are the worst fathers in literature?
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Who are the worst fathers in literature?
Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate the most troublesome fathers.
theconversation.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Who are the worst fathers in literature?
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...
Who are the worst mothers in literature?
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...
Who are the worst mothers in literature?
Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate their least favourite mothers.
theconversation.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Who are the worst mothers in literature?
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...
theconversation.com/who-are-the-...