# selected essay — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover selected essay. Page: Feed: --- ## [Of the power of the intellect, or, on human liberty - Spinoza' Ethics Part V](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/of-the-power-of-the-intellect-or) _2026-08-19 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ Spinoza confuses his readers by ending on the immortality of the mind and a "third kind" of knowledge ## [Tell your kids they are brilliant](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/tell-your-kids-they-are-brilliant) _2026-08-14 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ 10 things I liked this week ## [On the servitude of man and on the power of the passions - Spinoza' Ethics Part IV](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/on-the-servitude-of-man-and-on-the) _2026-08-12 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ Virtue, ethics, and politics ## [On the nature and origin of the emotions - Spinoza's Ethics Part III](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/on-the-nature-and-origin-of-the-emotions) _2026-07-30 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ The Conatus, sexual frustration, and the understanding of our passions ## [On the nature and origin of the mind - Spinoza's Ethics Part II](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/on-the-nature-and-origin-of-the-mind) _2026-07-23 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ Spinoza takes us into the mechanics of the mind ## [On God and Nature - Spinoza's Ethics Part I](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/why-god-is-nature) _2026-04-08 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ Spinoza dismantles the Aristotelian-Cartesian worldview ## [George Eliot's Spinoza: An Introduction](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/george-eliots-spinoza-an-introduction) _2026-03-13 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ A bit about Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot) and why she translated Spinoza ## [Reading Spinoza's Ethics](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/reading-spinozas-ethics) _2026-03-06 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ A new read along series on The Ethics ## [I Believe in Last Impressions](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-31/i-believe-in-last-impressions) _2025-10-31 · This I Believe Illinois_ Samuel Schwab of Litchfield High School is a 2025 This I Believe essayist [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/samuel-schwab-of-litchfield-hs-believes-in-lasting-impressions.mp3) ## [I Believe in Magic](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-30/i-believe-in-magic) _2025-10-30 · This I Believe Illinois_ Hannah Rollins of Rochester High School is a 2025 This I Believe essayist. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/rochester-hs-hannah-rollins-believes-in-magic.mp3) ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2DAil3pc3WNc) _2025-10-30 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [I Believe in Sunshine](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-28/this-i-bel) _2025-10-28 · This I Believe Illinois_ Cora Emel of Sullivan High School is a 2025 This I Believe essayist. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/cora-emel-of-sullivan-hs-believes-in-sunshine.mp3) ## [This I Believe: Embracing the Inner Couch Potato](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-27/this-i-believe-embracing-the-inner-couch-potato) _2025-10-27 · This I Believe Illinois_ Kate Downing of Glenwood High School is a 2025 This I Believe essayist with, “Embracing the Inner Couch Potato.” [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/kate-downing-of-chatham-hs-believes-in-embracing-her-inner-couch-potato.mp3) ## [This I Believe: I Believe in Two Homes](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-24/this-i-believe-i-believe-in-two-homes) _2025-10-24 · This I Believe Illinois_ Brooke Braasch of Litchfield High School shares her 2025 selected essay, I Believe in Two Homes." [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/braasch-tib-mixdown-01.mp3) ## [This I Believe: Me and My Brother](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-23/this-i-believe-me-and-my-brother) _2025-10-23 · This I Believe Illinois_ Dajah Dean of Southeast High School shares her 2025 selected essay, "This I Believe: Me and My Brother." [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/dejah-dean-this-i-believe-me-and-my-brothers.mp3) ## [This I Believe: The Freedom of Holding My Brush Looser](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-22/this-i-believe-the-freedom-of-holding-my-brush-looser) _2025-10-22 · This I Believe Illinois_ Ace O'Malley of Southeast High School shares her 2025 selected essay This I Believe: The Freedom of Holding My Brush Looser. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/ace-omalley-believes-in-the-freedom-of-holding-her-brush-looser.mp3) ## [This I Believe: In Giving Hong Bao](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-21/this-i-believe-in-giving-hong-bao) _2025-10-21 · This I Believe Illinois_ Tori Zobus of Williamsville High School shares her 2025 selected essay This I Believe: In Giving Hong Bao. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/tori-zobus-of-williamsville-hs-believes-in-giving-hong-bao.mp3) ## [This I Believe: Kitchen Counters](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-10-20/this-i-believe-kitchen-counters) _2025-10-20 · This I Believe Illinois_ Milla Anderson of Hillsboro High School shares her 2025 selected essay This I Believe: Kitchen Counters. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/10/milla-anderson-of-hillsboro-high-school-believe-in-counter-tops.mp3) ## [Great books and copyleft](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/great-books-and-copyleft) _2025-10-12 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ 10 things that deserve your attention ## [Know thyself](https://tomharari.substack.com/p/know-thyself) _2025-10-08 · Tom Harari · Tom Harari_ Montaigne's Selected Essays - On the Lame · On Experience ## Selected Novels | Catherine Lacey on Evan S. Connell _2025-09-04 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to Catherine Lacey about Evan S. Connell’s Mrs. Bridge . Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/17775300-selected-novels-catherine-lacey-on-evan-s-connell.mp3) ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eVd7LICEjIW7) _2025-09-04 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## Selected Essays | Ellen Wayland-Smith on Siddhartha Mukherjee _2025-08-07 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode of the podcast, Jess and Zach return to Selected Essays to talk to Ellen Wayland-Smith about Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “My Father’s Body, at Rest and in Motion,” published in the New Yorker in 2018. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/17625344-selected-essays-ellen-wayland-smith-on-siddhartha-mukherjee.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Bruce Holsinger on Stoner _2025-07-03 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist and English professor Bruce Holsinger about John Williams’s Stoner . Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/17404040-selected-novels-bruce-holsinger-on-stoner.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Joanne McNeil on J.G. Ballard _2025-06-05 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist and cultural critic Joanne McNeil about J.G. Ballard’s Concrete Island. Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/17267322-selected-novels-joanne-mcneil-on-j-g-ballard.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Thomas Mann _2025-05-01 · The Point Podcast_ On the fourth episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist and short story writer (and Point contributor) Jessi Jezewska Stevens about Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/17065621-selected-novels-jessi-jezewska-stevens-on-thomas-mann.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Adam Ehrlich Sachs on Gustave Flaubert _2025-03-27 · The Point Podcast_ On the third episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist Adam Ehrlich Sachs about Flaubert’s final, unfinished novel, Bouvard and Pécuchet . Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/16857646-selected-novels-adam-ehrlich-sachs-on-gustave-flaubert.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Clare Sestanovich on Marilynne Robinson _2025-02-27 · The Point Podcast_ On the second episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to Clare Sestanovich, writer and managing editor of the Drift , about Marilynne Robinson’s first novel, Housekeeping . Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/16698391-selected-novels-clare-sestanovich-on-marilynne-robinson.mp3) ## The decline of Aaron Rodgers (with Leif Weatherby) _2025-02-14 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode of The Point podcast, Zach Fine takes a break from Selected Essays and Selected Novels to discuss another important, if less literary, topic: American football. Zach is joined by Leif Weatherby, the author of an essay just published this week in The Point about the career of Aaron Rodgers against the backdrop of U.S. empire in decline, as well as Point editors James Duesterberg and… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/16617768-the-decline-of-aaron-rodgers-with-leif-weatherby.mp3) ## Selected Novels | Lillian Fishman on Edith Wharton _2025-01-30 · The Point Podcast_ On this episode—our very first!—of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to novelist (and writer of our 2024 advice column, Higher Gossip) Lillian Fishman about Edith Wharton’s novel Age of Innocence . Want more from The Point ? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/16532996-selected-novels-lillian-fishman-on-edith-wharton.mp3) ## [LISTEN: This I Believe Meet the Authors Fall 2024](https://www.nprillinois.org/community-voices/2025-01-10/listen-this-i-believe-meet-the-authors-fall-2024) _2025-01-10 · bbonn3@uis.edu (Beatrice Bonner) · This I Believe Illinois_ LISTEN: This I Believe Meet the Authors Fall 2024 [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2025/01/meet-the-authors-2024-edited-mixdown.mp3) ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OtemAc02PtxN) _2025-01-10 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## Selected Essays | The n+1 Editors on the Intellectual Situation _2024-10-22 · The Point Podcast_ On this bonus episode of Selected Essays , Jess and Zach talk to Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov about their new anthology of the best of n+1 ’s second decade, The Intellectual Situation . Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791285/episodes/15949720-selected-essays-the-n-1-editors-on-the-intellectual-situation.mp3)