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Media Files

Dennis Ford
The Quest for Meaning

Author Dennis Ford and WIE’s Elizabeth Debold explore the most fundamental of human needs—the quest to find meaning in life—in this fascinating exchange of ideas that ranges from the philosophy of Plato to the contemporary postmodern condition.

Robert Richardson
Emerson, James, and the American Soul

Robert Richardson, biographer of Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James, explores the insights and contemporary relevance of these two revolutionary nineteenth-century thinkers.

Jeff Carreira
The American Philosophical Roots of Evolutionary Spirituality
EnlightenNext's director of education Jeff Carriera explores the evolutionary philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Willam James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey.

Articles

A Brief History of Evolutionary Spirituality
Three centuries of progressive thinkers reveal that evolution has always been a fundamentally spiritual concept
Issue 35
Enlightenment Unplugged
Not just a book review of Walter Truett Anderson's The Next Enlightenment
Issue 24
The Slenderest Knowledge

A poignant excerpt from A Guide for the Perplexed, E. F. Schumacher's compelling reckoning with the loss of meaning and value in the wake of the scientific revolution.

Issue 11