Over at my other weblog I have a new 10 questions up, this one for Matthew Stewart, author of two popular books on history and philosophy which I have enjoyed, The Truth About Everything and The Courtier and the Heretic. Stewart's responses have been among the most entertaining so far in this series, and I especially liked his response to #5 (big surprise, because it aligns closely with my own opinion, and that my dear is an elementary proposition).
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