Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to KnowA dazzling exploration of our wish to remain innocent and ignorant and its consequences. Aristotle claimed that all human beings want to know. Our own experience proves that all human beings also want not to know. Today, centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerized crowds still follow preposterous prophets, irrational rumors trigger fanatical acts, and magical thinking crowds out common sense and expertise. Why is this? Where does this will to

The classic The Fire Next Time (1963)

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affording rare glimpses into the traditionalist school of thought and the perennial philosophy

The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial

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These problems must be met by intellectual justice

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