Of course, “How to Think Like a Woman” is more than a resuscitation of early modern philosophers who have been unjustly excised from the canon because of their sex.

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In May of 2014, Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan visited Warsaw at the invitation of Polish philosopher Cezary Wodziński in order to deliver a lecture on freedom at the Royal Łazienki Park. The Trouble ...