What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Selfhood in Literature and Life
“It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the person.”
“It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the person.”
President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria is ‘shaking off a dark burden’ after the US removed it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Syria had been on the list since 1979, an…
A concert usually requires an audience to listen. Riahiyat wants them to sing. The new women-only event, taking place at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi on August 28, is buil…
America’s most popular type of meat is chicken. In Argentina, it’s beef. And in Japan, it’s seafood.
Tove Jansson (August 9, 1914–June 27, 2001) is among the most imaginative, important, and influential children’s book creators of all time, an artist and writer of unparalleled cr…
Episodes of extreme heat have exposed stark differences in how well poultry farms are equipped to adapt, with up to 2% of the country’s laying hens dying during the June heatwave …
The ARIA chart is drawing a line between artists who use AI as a tool and songs created largely by machines.
I started watching the Big Bear Valley eagle cam during the pandemic. The live feed was calming, like unpretentious slow cinema. The nest is attractively situated, as any raptor r…
A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades.
Imagine a multinational company deciding where to invest in its next major decarbonisation project. In Europe, shifting political priorities and fiscal constraints create uncertai…
Deploying two US carrier strike groups to the Middle East represents a significant concentration of firepower
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