"I naively admit to you that I do not have a mind so stupid to easily accustom myself to those who are, and that I do not have one strong enough or fulfilled enough to find within myself that which to satisfy me."

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Issue #75 September 2024

"Diverse Thoughts on the Lightly Enlightened, circa 17th Century France, Part IV"

by Trent Portigal

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"Severity and rigour are never a part of [justice], when it is properly considered; they are part of the humour of those who think that they are practising it."

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Issue #75 is out now, hot off the presses. Kripke, cliches, Hume, Aristotle, morals, culture, and justice. Dive in. epochemagazine.org/issues/75/

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"Thus, sir, it is necessary to forget the time when it was enough to be severe in order to be believed virtuous; because politeness, gallantry, the voluptuous science, are presently part of merit." @epochemagazine.org

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Issue #73 is live and kicking~ With writing on AI and biopolitics, Berkeley and dialectics, identity and necessity, madness and pleasure. Have at it.🤔
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“...and I hope that one of these days one will hear me cite the divine Plato, after the example of a Lady who has a great deal of spirit and who takes pleasure in talking about everything.”

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"Because true agreeableness does not come from a simple superficiality or an insubstantial appearance, but rather from a great stock of spirit or of merit, which spreads through all that one says and all the actions of life"
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