When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

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It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare...

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare...

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold...

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold...

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our...

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our...

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and...

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and...

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have...

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have...

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about...

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about...

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves...

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves...

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We...

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We...

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is...

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is...