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Is "Human Nature" Normative?

The One and the Many

Is Political Philosophy Possible?

Language: Progress or Return?

The Autonomous Cyclops

A Modest Proposal

The Individual as Torn Garment

Prestige or Security?

"Spiritual But Not Religious"

Invisible Hands

Constantine's Sword

The Naked Public Square

Rhetoric Today

The Past Is What We Save

Peter Thiel on Cain and Abel

The Impossibility of Understanding

The Sovereign Self

My Year In Review

Oops I Did It Again

Mystical Ambiguity

What is Art?

When Is Inequality Good?

What Is A Shofar?

The Paradox of Originality

The Contradictions of Dignity

Are Your Sufferings Dear To You?

Self-Transcendence or Happiness?

When Should We Argue With Common Sense?

The Personal is Not (Always) Political

Aristocracy in a Liberal Society

Traditionalism, Presentism, and Futurism

Is God A Bayesian?

The Necessary Fiction of Selfhood

Do You Believe in "God"?

Afghanistan as Allegory

How Much Failure Is Too Much?

Can One Read Too Much?

Why Are Reviews Not Artful?

Sophistry or Bad Faith?

Academic Tenure is Patronage

What Good Are Hidden Transcripts?

How To Be Good When the World is Evil?

"Don't Worry"?

What is Home?

Longevity vs. Quality of Life

What is Presence?

Are Readers Dead?

Hermeneutics or Critique of Ideology?

What Accounts for Liberalism’s Unpopularity?

Should We Aspire To Be Socratic?

What Is Meta-Philosophy?

Does Power Obscure Perception?

The Case for Enchantment

What is a Blessing?

Does God Have Regrets? Should We?

Does Religious Art Have a Future?

What is Religion?

What is the Origin of Philosophy?

What is Hermeneutics?

Defending the Law [Part 3]

Defending the Law [Part 2]

Defending the Law [Part 1]

Secularism as Christian Psy Op?

What Is Poetry?

What Happened to Miracles?

How Important Is Solitude?

Why Not A World-State?

Is Virtue Absolute or Relative?

What Is Irony?

What Is Diaspora?

Is Jewish Philosophy Redundant?

Can We Forgive People For Crimes Committed Against Others?

What's Wrong With Pascal's Wager?

Should We Judge By People or Ideas?

Is Commitment Rational?

What Can We Learn From Mood?

The Case For Opacity

Is The Intellectual Project Spiritual?

Civility or Skin in the Game?

Is Religious Freedom Possible Without Capitalism?

Against Flow

What Is A Fundamental Question?

Should Probabilistic Thinking Affect Moral Reasoning?

Why Are Children's Songs Violent?

When Is It OK To Challenge Someone's Beliefs?

What Is Modesty?

Of What Value Are Compliments?

Should We Care About the "Afterlife"?

Does Intent Matter?

Should the Novelist Get a Moral Pass?

Is Emotion Voluntary?

So You've Been X-Pilled

What is Gossip?

What is Power?

Are Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Condemned To Repeat It?

Why Are Prophets Reluctant?

Is Moral Nativism Noble?

Who Can Represent Whom?

Does God Speak Egyptian?

When Have You Sacrificed Pieces For Position?

How Much Should We Care About Ancient Civilization?

Are People With The Right Views Lucky?

Why Are The Righteous Hidden?

Do We Need a Definition of "Human" To Defend Human Rights?

How Old Is The Separation Between Church and State?

Why Has Technological Progress Outstripped Philosophical Progress?

Yes, We're Created In The Image of God. Now What?

Why Can't We Petition God on Sabbath?

In Defense of Silence

Did the Greeks Believe In Their Myths?

Are We Destitute?

Investiture Conflict 2.0: Experts vs. Market Populists

Existence Precedes Essence?

Determinism vs. Phenomenology

In Defense of Virtue Ethics

Noetic Dysphoria?

Can Youth Be Out Of Touch?

When Scientists Function Like Priests

Are We At Risk of Emotional Hyperinflation?

Should We Strive For Immortality?

Why Are Traitors Worse Than Enemies?

Salience vs. Correctness

What is Property?

What is Work?

Is Ambition a Religious Value?

Is the Face of the Other Manifest Online?

Do Texts Have A Shelf Life?

Philosophy vs. Sophistry

Is the Garden of Eden Paradise?

What is Purgatory?

Is Political Friendship Possible?

(When) Is the Messiah Coming?

What is the Role of the Philosopher in Society?

What Is The Role of Art in a New Society?

Is Precise Language (Always) Good? [Part III]

Are Religions Creeds?

Why is Music Tragic?

Why Should We Remember?

Are Knowledge and Art Opposed?

Are Texts Tools? What Are They For?

Is Post-Structuralism Fundamentalist?

How Often Should We Write?

Is Lurianic Kabbalah Post-Liberal?

Why Do Animals Populate Children's Books?

Why Does Attribution Affect Meaning?

Where Do You Experience Freedom?

Can We Be Both Free and Unfree?

From Where Do Our Cries Come?

How Much Does Transmissibility Matter?

Is Precise Language (Always) Good? [Part II]

Numb Expert or Enthusiastic Novice?

Virtue or Impact?

How to Think Like The Zohar?

Are Appeals to Etymology Regressive?

Smarts or Character?

Is God a Schelling Point?

Vulnerability: Best Protection?

Is The Purpose of Life To Make It New?

Is Precise Language (Always) Good?

Is Substack The New Protestant Reformation?

Why Is The Exodus Story Foundational?

Why Don't Babies Remember?

What Books Are On Your "Ban" List?

Is Jealousy Good?

For What Does Your Worldview Overcompensate?

Does God Suffer "Innovator's Dilemma"?

Politics: Opportunity or Annoyance?

Does a Closed Frontier Lead to Decadence?

What's the Status of Status?

Why Read "Primary Texts"?

Are NFTs New?

Does Liberalism Lead to Role Play?

Is Effort the Basis for Esteem?

Let It Be. But How?

Can There Ever Be Dignity For All?

Is The Intellectual Future Religious?

Are You a Priest or a Prophet?

Is Vitriolic Speech Justified?

Is Liberal Democracy a Religious Value?

What's Wrong With Humanism?

What Is Greatness?

Are We Fundamentally Good?

Should Companies Be Apolitical?

Can AI Be Self-Conscious?

Are We All A Bit Totalitarian?

What Does Greek Tragedy Say About Decision Making?

Should Thinkers Tip Their Hands?

Is Lived Experience the New Revelation?

What's Your Account of the Soul?

Does Romanticism Lead to Consumerism?

Does Idolatry Violate the Golden Rule?

Is Logic Poetic?

Is Short Selling a Virtue or a Vice?

Is the Secular Age Mystical or Atheistic?

Is Life A Short Squeeze?

Are You an Employee or Partner of Being?

Can We Handle The Truth?

Why is Academic Writing Boring?

What Is a Public Figure in the Internet Age?

Is Existentialism Religious or Secular?

Would Your Life Be Different If You Had Certain Knowledge About The Afterlife?

Why Are Philosophers Hard to Understand? (Part V)

Why Are Philosophers Hard to Understand? (Part IV)

Why Are Philosophers Hard to Understand? (Part III)

Why Are Philosophers Hard To Understand? (Part II)

Why Are Philosophers Hard To Understand?

What Metaphor Guides Your Theory of Change?

Hegel vs. Girard on Human Nature

If You Were A Motivational Speaker What Would You Say?

Are You a Hero or a Poet?

What Will You Sacrifice For Focus?

How Should We Relate to Conspiracy Theorists?

Why Don't We Have More Leisure?

What's The Utility of Loving God?

Do You Have A Protagonist Bias?

Will the World Be Better If Everyone is More Courageous? Probably Not.

How Would Your Life Be Different If You Didn't Measure It In Years?