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- 1Physicist Alan Lightman Reflects on What Happens When We Die●What Happens When We Die https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/30/alan-lightman-death/ # Philosophy # Science # Literat
An essay by physicist and writer Alan Lightman on death and what happens when we die is circulating online, shared via The Marginalian. The piece blends science, philosophy and literature to examine mortality from a physicist's perspective. Readers are engaging with its meditation on consciousness, impermanence and the material nature of life.
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Marginalian Editions, the book imprint of Maria Popova's Marginalian project, will reissue a little-known work by Margaret Wise Brown, the celebrated author of Goodnight Moon. The announcement has drawn attention from publishing watchers curious to see how the revival series will handle a lesser-known title by one of children's literature's most iconic figures.
- 3C.S. Lewis on structuring a creative life●C.S. Lewis on How to Structure the Days of a Creative Life and Train the Receptive Imagination https:// fed.brid.gy/r/ht
The Marginalian has published a piece drawing on C.S. Lewis's own schedule and writings to explore how he organised his working days and cultivated what he called the receptive imagination. The essay highlights Lewis's routines as guidance for sustaining creative work, and readers in books circles are sharing it and discussing how his habits might apply to their own lives.