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Some Theorists of History

Some Theorists of History

I In a letter to a historian friend, the French philosophe Voltaire said, “A plague on details! Posterity neglects them all; it is a pest that destroys many great works.” It is in this spirit that we here at Comment magazine offer the following whirlwind tour of some...

The Unbundled Self of Saint Anthony (from Schongauer)

The Unbundled Self of Saint Anthony (from Schongauer)

From the artist: “Unlike the traditional St. Anthony, the demons we wage our spiritual battles against are not the grotesque, medieval monsters but the familiar, commonplace false idols we make in the image of ourselves, our communities, and the cultural liturgies we...