intellectuals

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The novelist Stephanie Sy-Quia drew upon facts from her grandparents’ own marriage to fashion a story of love between two passionate intellectuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

You might have assumed that America’s intellectuals would have been overjoyed at this postwar cultural leveling up, but not all were.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Readers of a certain age will recall that Ehrlich was one of the most celebrated public intellectuals of his time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers and public intellectuals in post-war Germany, has died aged 96.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The discovery of America in 1492. created a new enterprise that intellectuals could engage in: the discovery of new knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton