Paul Cantor (1945-2022) 

I had the honour and the pleasure of meeting Paul at a conference a decade ago in Indianapolis. See Farewell to a Great Shakespearean.

Vernon Smith

Happy 95th to Vernon.

STOCKHOLM , SWEDEN – DECEMBER 10: American Dr. Vernon L. Smith poses with his award during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Smith shared the prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel with Professor Daniel Kahneman of Israel. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

The Cognitive Dimension

The always subtle (philosophically, historically, and most especially, sociologically) Stephen Turner. His piece is freely available here.

Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before

Keep an eye out for this forthcoming compendium, coedited by the very excellent Jessica Hooten Wilson.

Philosophical Haiku: Philo of Alexandria

Check out this little snippet from Philosophy Now. Simultaneously, via Plato and the Wisdom literature, Philo offered a key theological-philosophical thread to the Fourth Gospel and the Early Church writ large. Moreover, a closer (and neglected) look at the sociology of Philo’s time/context, offers enticing clues for understanding the complexity of modern Jewish identity.