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Until the beginning of World War I, Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was the most famous philosopher in the world. He attracted overflowing crowds of ... Herring shows in her lucid and moving biography, ...

Last days of Plato revealed in new scroll • Philosophy dept chair arrested at protest • No future for Future of Humanity Institute — News reports by Anja Steinbauer The combination of a 2,000 year old ...

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