Category: Culture & Ethics
An Ancient Greek Witness to Secularism as a Moral Corrosive
Jerry Coyne can always be counted on for a cartoonish view on modern monotheist religions — and so too on ancient polytheist ones.
Dante on the “Angelic Butterfly”
In the matter of this particular image, seeing humans caught in a transformative process like the one enacted by caterpillars and butterflies, Nabokov was scooped by Dante in the Divine Comedy.
Richard Weikart on Darwinism and Hitlerism
Exporting Darwin is a dangerous business.
Intelligently Designing Music to Match Butterfly Magic
An interview with composer Mark Edward Lewis, creative genius behind the soundtrack for Metamorphosis.
On Washington Post “On Faith” Page, Jay Richards Sets Evolution “Researcher” Straight
Gregory Paul chides conservatives for doubting Darwin even as they supposedly push what Paul caricatures as an Ayn Randian “Social Darwinist” capitalism.