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If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you. But if you think about moral reasoning as a skill
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“While Aristotle had worked it out in principle and succeeded in turning wine into water”
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
“Such extravagance was not merely hedonism but a duty. It was part and parcel of being upper class. The responsibility is apparent in an English allegorical poem of the period entitled “Winner and Waster,” which represents acts of conspicuous distribution and consumption as being the perfect expressions of the aristocratic ethos.”
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
“Moreover”
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
“These spectacles were staged to purchase the affection of the masses. The republic was dead”
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
“Drunkenness was ubiquitous in the young republic. Its towns were packed with taverns”
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
― Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
Derek J Duvel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Derek J Duvel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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