For nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature.” You truly are, in Aristotelian terms, the life ...

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a year of great music offers a reminder that more really can be more: more melodies, more breakthroughs, more art.

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Michel Houellebecq rails against most ideologies, but his latest novel exposes his love of conversion narratives.

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