Gin and secrets: We know the Cambridge Five betrayed Britain, but the damage they caused runs deeper than we previously knew

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“People in government today obviously don’t care about literature, so the effort to ridicule them in literature can seem pointless or (worse) harmless”

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The book review flourished in tandem with the Enlightenment. Both are in decline, leaving a great deal at stake. David Bell explains

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[New Entry by Justin Sytsma, Kevin Reuter, and Pascale Willemsen on April 8, 2026.] [Editor’s Note: The following new entry by Justin Sytsma, Kevin Reuter, and Pascale Willemsen replaces the former entry on this topic by the previous author.]…

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“There must be a seed of every good thing in the character of men, otherwise no one can bring it out.” — Immanuel Kant, in The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant, by Edward Franklin Buchner

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The neighborhood in Lisbon where I spend a lot of my time is densely populated. It has undergone many changes, with new cafes and restaurants catering to youngsters as well as a significant influx of immigrants. Increased population and tourism put pressure on infrastructure, and local branches of government have been slow to respond. The […]
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“I am writing only for myself and will declare once and for all that if I write as though I am addressing a reader it is only just for show, because it is easier for me to write that way. It is a form, just an empty form – I will never have readers. I have already made that clear. I do not want to feel shy about anything in the compilation of my notes. I will not establish any order or systems. What I recall is what I will write.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

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[Revised entry by James Blumenthal and James Apple on April 8, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Śāntarakṣita (725 – 788)[1] was one of the most important and pivotal thinkers in the history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.[2] His contributions to Buddhist thought were particularly noteworthy due to his historical position as one […]

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Sometimes, the morally right thing to do is to support an unjust war. The thought behind this is simple. Some wars are morally mixed: they have just and unjust aims. It’s usually unjust for a government to wage these mixed wars because it usually has the option of pursuing only the just aims. But suppose […]
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“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.” — Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

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