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Socrates would be pleased

2025-08-15 18:00:00

A lively classroom with smiling people, one person standing while holding a paper, posters in the background.

With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation

- by Jay Miller

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Goodnight, mister Stalin

2025-08-14 18:01:00

Photo of an elderly woman resting her forehead on a large stone bust outdoors near a decaying concrete structure.

A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death

- by Aeon Video

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Witty wotty dashes

2025-08-14 18:00:00

Abstract sketch of a cityscape with buildings, cars and patterns in pencil and ink.

Doodles are the emanations of our pixillated minds, freewheeling into dissociation, graphology, and radical openness

- by James Reath

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Africa’s cultural landmarks: rock-hewn churches of Tigray, Ethiopia

2025-08-13 18:01:00

Photo of a person in white walking along a cliffside path near a stone structure with a scenic landscape view.

Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today

- by Aeon Video

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Why love matters most

2025-08-12 18:00:00

Black and white photo of a thoughtful woman and two children, one holding a crying baby, indoors near wooden doors.

For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love

- by Cathy Mason

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Bridging the gap

2025-08-11 18:01:00

Watercolour and ink collage with a portrait, handwritten text saying ‘Hey, I’m important’ and a small beach photo on top right.

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head

- by Aeon Video

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