John B. Cowan
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Sustained, multi-part explorations of ideas that have shaped the West.

The Great Conversation

A journey through six sections tracing the thinkers, texts, and traditions that formed the moral and intellectual architecture of the West — from the birth of rational inquiry to the present.
Complete · 31 essays →

The Art of Attention

Five short essays on recovering focus, depth, and presence in a distracted age.
Complete · 5 essays →

© John B. Cowan. Essays on the ideas that endure.

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