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Cicero’s ideal of manly virtue stressed the performance of self-control and bravery, not boastful egotism and domination- by Catharine EdwardsRead on Aeon

Why aren’t we all Neanderthals? These ancient bird figurines suggest that art was essential to our evolutionary success- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

What we claim as ‘true’ is not a ceiling we are forever failing to reach but something that changes as we climb toward it- by Alexander V GheorghiuRead on Aeon

These women once fled ISIS. Now they defuse the landmines the militants left behind in their Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending- by Melanie ChallengerRead on Aeon

Built from vegetal materials, these majestic tombs housing Buganda kings bridge the realms of living and dead in Uganda- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason- by Sam Kimpton-NyeRead on Aeon

She was among the first to argue that prosperity, equality and the protection of nature are inseparable planetary goals- by Or RosenboimRead on Aeon

From Lenape land to sprawling metropolis, this detailed timelapse animation captures the making of Manhattan- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Sixteenth-century Venice wanted to expel its Jews but couldn’t do without them. Its compromise was the world’s first ghetto- by Alexander LeeRead on Aeon