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Intellectual Giants

There is a long list of intellectual giants who profoundly impacted the world with their ideas, thinking, and leadership. We’re currently working on updating and improving our list.

In the meantime, check out these articles:

  • The Terror of Totalitarianism Explained
  • Complex Adaptive Cities
  • The Feynman Learning Technique
  • Ayn Rand on Why Philosophy Matters
  • John Stuart Mill’s Philosophy of Equality
  • Seduced by Logic: Émilie du Châtelet and the Struggles to create the Newtonian Revolution
  • Gabriel García Márquez : 1982 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
  • Simone de Beauvoir on The Ethics of Freedom
  • Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
  • Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: Creating a Holistic View of the World Through A Web of Interdisciplinary Knowledge

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