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Judgement, Learning and Collective Life | October Round-up
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How do we learn to judge well?
Samuel Woodall looks back over October across Beyond the Text, The Intellectual Historian and the History of Ideas Reading Club. This round-up introduces essays by Jasmine Starbuck on collective justice in Ann Radcliffe, Jack Thomson on Montaigne and independent learning, and Derek van Voorst on the prefix “neo”.
We revisit the Montaigne, Rousseau and Kant conversations, The World in Fall, current research, recent reviews and the Reading Club, before looking ahead to November.
October edition: Saturday 31 October 2026.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: Judgement, Learning and Collective Life
01:30 The newsletter and featured essays
06:09 Montaigne, Rousseau and Kant
08:19 The World in Fall, guides and research
10:38 The Reading Club and staying connected
12:30 Looking ahead to November
READ THE OCTOBER EDITION
https://theintellectualhistorian.com/2026/10/31/intellectual-historian-newsletter-october-2026/
FEATURED ESSAYS
Jasmine Starbuck, A No-Man Jury:
https://theintellectualhistorian.com/2026/10/31/no-man-jury-collectivism-justice-radcliffe-italian/
Jack Thomson, Montaigne on Virtue, Learning and the Possession of One’s Mind:
https://theintellectualhistorian.com/2026/10/31/montaigne-virtue-learning-possession-mind/
Derek van Voorst, The Novelty of the New:
https://theintellectualhistorian.com/2026/10/31/the-novelty-of-the-new/
STAY CONNECTED
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Hosted by Samuel Woodall.
Theme: “Queens Arrival” by Red Planet, licensed through TakeTones.