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Victorian morality

  • India’s adultery laws violate the right to privacy. Tradition cannot justify them

    India’s adultery laws violate the right to privacy. Tradition cannot justify them

    Sruthisagar Yamunan
    · Jul 16, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • How 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyám inspired a hedonistic counterculture in Victorian England

    How 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyám inspired a hedonistic counterculture in Victorian England

    Roman Krznaric
    · May 20, 2017 · 09:30 pm