Vico identifies three customs of all nations: religion, marriage, funerals, which are reinforced by religious practices. Otherwise, the world would return to a brutish state and again become a wilderness. Continue reading
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Dining with Dung Beetles
People feel compelled to argue for their respective positions in the usually vain attempt to “convert” another to that point of view. Yet, that is, in most cases, more difficult than convincing a dung beetle to change his diet. Continue reading