Julian loves Soren

I still love Kierkegaard: He is the dramatic thunderstorm at the heart of philosophy and his provocation is more valuable than ever, by Julian Baggini, at Aeon (via Center for the Study of The Great Ideas)

Islam and the Divine Comedy, by Miguel Asin Palacios, review by R. W. J. Austin, at Studies in Comparative Religion

On remembering poems: The lost art of memorizing poetry, Notebook column, by Andrew Hamilton, at The New Criterion

See Reading Rat, my compilation of recommended reading.