The Devils’ Citadel Extended
Can the works of the Mechanic Muse be put to genuinely human uses?
The Political Journey of Thomas Mann
by
Ed Simon
Posted on June 5, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: Illustration for Death in Venice by Maurice Denis/Alamy Stock Photos; photograph of Thomas Mann, Zürcher Museen.
Mann understood, almost too well, the allure of tradition and irrationalism, of the poetic and the mystical.
The Metaphysics of Music
Posted on June 3, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: From left, Thomas Tallis, St. Augustine of Hippo, Palestrina, and St. Thomas Aquinas/THR illustration.
Singing is not to be understood as an aesthetic sweetener.
Conversations With Claude
Posted on May 28, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Shutterstock and Anthropic.
Claude’s confession did not convince me that it was conscious.
Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre
Posted on May 23, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration; Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–2025) by Sean O’Connor, Shutterstock background.
The most creative, innovative, and profound MacIntyre was the one who thought about moral rationality.
ChatGPT Is a Gimmick
AI offers a tempting illusion to students—and evidently to some teachers.
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