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How Abraham Maslow and His Humanistic Psychology Shaped the Modern Self
How Abraham Maslow and His Humanistic Psychology Shaped the Modern Self

What 1960s counterculture had to do with the timeless quest for self-actualization.

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The Philosophy of Style: Herbert Spencer on the Economy of Attention and the Ideal Writer (1852)
The Philosophy of Style: Herbert Spencer on the Economy of Attention and the Ideal Writer (1852)

“To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.”

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Richard Feynman on the Universal Responsibility of Scientists
Richard Feynman on the Universal Responsibility of Scientists

On harvesting the fruit of freedom of thought.

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What Is a Poem? Coleridge on Science vs. Romance, 1817
What Is a Poem? Coleridge on Science vs. Romance, 1817

“It is discriminated by proposing to itself such delight from the whole as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part.”

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Lord Chesterfield on the Art of Pleasing: Outlandish Advice to His Teenage Son, 1748
Lord Chesterfield on the Art of Pleasing: Outlandish Advice to His Teenage Son, 1748

“You may often be seen to smile, but never heard to laugh while you live.”

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History’s 100 Geniuses of Language and Literature, Visualized
History’s 100 Geniuses of Language and Literature, Visualized

“Genius, in its writings, is our best path for reaching wisdom … the true use of literature for life.”

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Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World
Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World

“Cartography can be an incredible form of escapism, as maps act as proxies for experiences.”

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The Proud Surrender: Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Love Letters to Edith Wynn Matthison
The Proud Surrender: Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Love Letters to Edith Wynn Matthison

“This is not meekness, be assured; I do not come naturally by meekness.”

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Stardust: A Mesmerizing Short Film About the Voyager 1 and the Wonder of the Universe
Stardust: A Mesmerizing Short Film About the Voyager 1 and the Wonder of the Universe

The breathtaking beauty and destruction of the cosmos, animated.

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Virginia Woolf on the Language of Film and the Evils of Cinematic Adaptations of Literature
Virginia Woolf on the Language of Film and the Evils of Cinematic Adaptations of Literature

“The eye licks it all up instantaneously, and the brain, agreeably titillated, settles down to watch things happening without bestirring itself to think.”

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