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The Living Manuscript

A living map of Western philosophical thought.

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An interactive network of philosophers

year
2026
client
Self-initiated
role
Solo build
stack
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Framer Motion, MongoDB
The network: portraits of philosophers from Socrates to Wittgenstein, joined by lines of influence.Drag any thinker to rearrange the mapHover a portrait to surface their ideas

How it was built

An interactive network of philosophers — drag nodes to reposition thinkers, hover a portrait to surface their ideas, click to read the full entry. Built as a quiet reading room around the history of ideas: lineage, schools, thematic paths, and the threads that connect them across centuries.

Computed

computed

Counts of what shipped, not outcomes

thinkers
10
eras-mapped
4
ways-to-browse
5
The title page, with the invitation to enter the network.
The lineage view: schools of thought from the Socratic method to Neoplatonism, drawn as one path.
The title page on a phone.
The index of thinkers on a phone, with portraits, eras and branches.

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