Archive - Historically Thinking

Friday Reflection: Reading Letters

Ariel Helfer on Plato, Politics, and the Philosophical Life

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Plato's Letters

Ariel Helfer on the Political Challenges of the Philosophic Life

Dec 3 •

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December 2, 2025: A Newsletter from Historically Thinking

Dec 2 •

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November 2025

Friday Reflection: Taking a Vector for a Walk

Robyn Arianrohd on the serious playfulness of mathematics

Nov 28 •

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Robyn Arianrhod on the surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation

Nov 26 •

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Friday Reflection: Talking History

Doug Boyd on the history and practice of Oral History

Nov 21 •

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Douglas A. Boyd explains the basics of the oldest—and newest—historical method

Nov 19 •

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Friday Reflection: Amarna Letters

Eric H. Cline on the World They Revealed

Nov 14 •

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Love, War, and Diplomacy

Eric H. Cline on the Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed

Nov 12 •

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Friday Reflection: Generally Accepted Untruths?

Phillips Payson O'Brien on War and Power

Nov 7 •

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Phillips Payson O’Brien on Who Wins Wars and Why

Nov 5 •

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November 4, 2025: A Newsletter from Historically Thinking

Nov 4 •

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