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Managing Editors: Tristan St. Germain, Noah Valdez
General Editors: Douglas Alfidi, Julia Bloechl, Michael Brue, Iulia Boboc, Jeffrey Donofrio, Jennifer 
Howard, Gary Hu, Gregory Kacergis, Alexander Kerker, Weitao Liu, Lauren Peplau, Jacob Schick
Graduate Advisor: Myles Casey
Faculty Advisor: Ronald Tacelli, S.J.

Cover designs courtesy of Gregory Kacergis. 
Featuring: 
Rylov, Arkady In The Blue Expanse. 1918.
Enso design derived from a sketch by Kendrick Shaw; obtained via Wikimedia Commons.

The materials herein represent the personal opinions of the individual authors and do not necessarily 
represent the views of Dianoia or Boston College.

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Dianoia
The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Boston College 
Spring 2018 Issue V
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