America's revolutionary deists saw themselves as - and they were - participants in an international movement that drew on most of the same literary sources across the civilized world. Matthew Stewart americacivilizedeist Change image and share on social
In business, experience is the big teacher. Matthew Stewart bigbusinessexperience Change image and share on social
Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a 'chorus of worlds' just like ours. Matthew Stewart benjaminchorusfranklin Change image and share on social
The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization. Matthew Stewart assumebrainbusiness share on social
Sir Isaac Newton gave the extraterrestrials their biggest shot in the arm when he embraced the infinite universe as the basis for his hugely influential system of physics. Even so, the aliens of the early modern period remained creatures of philosophy rather than science. Matthew Stewart alienarmbasis share on social
Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England. Matthew Stewart ageamassavid share on social
Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in 'worlds' just like our own. Matthew Stewart aboundamericanantiquity share on social
Ethan Allen was convinced that every planet out there has its own intelligent extraterrestrials. And this, as you can imagine, is a radical, inspiring, but very unsettling, idea. Matthew Stewart allenconvinceethan Change image and share on social
It was 1988, and I was just finishing a D.Phil at Oxford University on the topic of 'Nietzsche and German Idealism.' Matthew Stewart finishgermanidealism Change image and share on social
I don't have an M.B.A. I have a doctoral degree in philosophy - nineteenth-century German philosophy, to be precise. Matthew Stewart centurydegreedoctoral Change image and share on social