Judgement, Learning and Collective Life | October Round-up

Send us Fan Mail Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uCtgzyOuY 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 Free monthly newsletter: https://theintellectualhistorian.com/newsletter/ Episodes and reading guides: https://beyondthetext.co.uk/podcasts/ Reading Club: https://thehistoryofideasclub.co.uk/ Support Beyond the Text and access subscriber material: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2238237/support Hosted by Samuel Woodall. Theme: “Queens Arrival” by Red Planet, licensed through TakeTones. Support the show