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Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas: An Honest Re...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added her later revision of the Leviticus argument and the material on risk. Quick Answer Nothing is dirty in itself. Dirt is what is in the...
Mysticism and Philosophy by W. T. Stace: An Hon...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section tracing the modern questionnaires back to Stace's characteristics. Quick Answer An atheist philosopher wrote the most rigorous defence of the claim that mystics...
The Classic of Mountains and Seas: An Honest Re...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the translation guide and the note on the illustrations. Quick Answer The Shanhaijing is the most important surviving source for early Chinese mythology, and it...
The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghaza...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section on the Islamic decline myth and the edition guide. Quick Answer Al-Ghazali attacks twenty philosophical doctrines by showing they fail the philosophers' own...
The Fragments of Pythagoras: What Is Actually i...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the contents breakdown and the edition comparison. Quick Answer There are no fragments of Pythagoras, because he wrote nothing. The book sold under that title...
The Fragments of Parmenides: An Honest Review
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section on the Velia inscriptions and the edition guide. Quick Answer About a hundred and sixty lines survive of Parmenides, and they redirected the...