Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.

A new AI model trained on the ideas of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza gave some deep answers to our most pressing questions.

Mostly successful, “The Book of Records” is both a dystopian fantasy in the mode of Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West” and an ode to a planet in crisis, riddles that mold our relationships. “We inherit ...

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In today's episode, Thien talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about her personal relationship to the three historical thinkers who enter the story: Hannah Arendt, Baruch Spinoza, and Du Fu.

Praise for the tenets of Baruch Spinoza, the tercentenary of whose birth occurred on Thursday, is expressed in a message sent by Professor Albert Einstein to the Spinoza Institute of America. The ...

Du Fu, Baruch Spinoza and Hannah Arendt were all cast out of their communities by authorities who imposed narrow definitions of acceptable thought.