Arguably
by Christopher Hitchens · first published 2011
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For nearly four decades, Christopher Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles -- the principles of reason and tolerance and skepticism that define and inform the foundations of our civilization -- principles that, to endure, must be defended anew by every generation. Here, in Arguably, he invites readers to take a seat at a democratic conversation, to be engaged, and to be reasoned with. Astute, vivid, and uninhibited, Hitchens sets a standard for the essayist that has rarely been matched in our time. What emerges in this indi
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on “Ask HN: What Book Has the Most Page-for-Page Wisdom?” ↗…is very accurate. I don't know that winning at blogging would be satisfying, and I'm sort of holding out for a new online form that captures the good parts of the long format that books like Hitchens' "Arguably," Amis' "Einstein's Monsters," and short stories like Ted Chiang or Julian Barnes did. Doom scrolling an essay muddles the ideas, and e-readers don't do it for me. The things I'd like to write are from…
on “Becoming a Centaur” ↗For any who care, Christopher Hitchens had a delightful essay on Borges. It was reprinted recently in his collection "Arguably".
on “Two New Books About Jorge Luis Borges” ↗"Arguably Essays" by Christopher Hitchens "Letters to a Young Contrarian" by the same. and "Unpopular Essays" by Bertrand Russell.
on “Ask HN: What literature do you read?” ↗