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A person walking through grassy plains under a blue sky with clouds, carrying a colourful striped bag on their back.

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Meaning and the good life

On the happy life

Massimo Pigliucci

Vintage photo of female journalists protesting with banners depicting white birds in an early 20th-century street.

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Gender

Bringing down the patriarchy

Eileen Hunt Botting

Historical photo of a large crowd at a Nazi rally, with Adolf Hitler greeting supporters. The background shows flags and an expansive landscape.

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Social psychology

The herd instinct

Elizabeth Lunbeck

A man riding a dark brown horse through a sunlit, dusty yard bordered by trees and a fence, wearing casual clothes.

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Comparative philosophy

The philosophy of Mexicanness

Carlos Alberto Sánchez & Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr

Watercolour painting of a man sitting with folded legs and eyes closed next to a few rocks and bamboo in the background.

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Philosophy of religion

A funhouse mirror for the soul

Alan Jay Levinovitz

Close-up of a lighter emitting bright white light and sparks against a dark background.

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Biography and memoir

Cerium

Carole Angier