And it really moves!

"And yet it moves!" Galileo Galilei seems to be saying after renouncing the heliocentric worldview before the Tribunal of the Holy Inquisition. Galileo was convicted of "suspected heresy" and ended his days under house arrest. But with a single sentence, scientific thought stubbornly prevailed over religious superstition. This was in 1633, and today we still have to defend the scientific method and reason against human stupidity and arrogance.

Learning to think with humility—willingness to change one's mind or to construct one honestly—takes a lifetime. To help us, we have the magnificent Culture team at ARA, led by editor-in-chief Xavier Cervantes and the editor in charge of the We readJordi Nopca has dedicated this special Sant Jordi edition to the books that set us free, whether from power or our own prejudices. Freedom of thought demands courage and an unafraid dissent. It is also accompanied by a certain loneliness that finds refuge in pages written by another mind, also acting alone and often suffering from repression or censorship.

The pages of this 2025 Sant Jordi special are especially suitable for those who don't understand the human, political, social, and economic regression we're experiencing, as if we were in a battle in which humanism faces a misanthropic, totalitarian, ignorant, racist, sexist, deceitful, and cretinous power. Books to read, to love, and also to think about.