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Brendan Brown

Brendan Brown is a co-founder of Brown Brothers Media, the publisher of Philosophy Basics. Originally from Australia, he has lived in Krabi, Thailand, for many years. He writes about how ideas from the history of philosophy show up in everyday life, and he is responsible for the site’s editorial direction.

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Human Nature

Montaigne argued that humans are far too sure of their superiority over animals, and he admitted that when he played with his cat, he couldn’t tell whether he was amusing her or she was amusing herself with him

Charles Darwin made a list of pros and cons before proposing to his cousin Emma, fretting that a wife would mean less money for books, and on the pro side he wrote that a constant companion was better than a dog anyhow