In this issue

August/September 2022

An Ancient Conversation About Motion

Matei Tanasă imagines the sort of conversation about change, motion, appearance and reality that philosophers were having in ancient Athens.

5 mins

Plato's Myths

Neel Burton asks why the master reasoner turned to launching legends.

5 mins

Aristotle's Guide To Living Well

Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle's argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation.

10+ mins

The Uses and Misuses of Socrates

Dennis Sansom says we shouldn't be too quick to pluck philosophers out of their own historical contexts in order to put them into ours.

10+ mins

Of Clouds & Shadows

Heiner Thiessen on Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist.

5 mins

Levinas and Post-Pandemic Masking

Adam Birt tells us why Levinas wants us to throw off our face coverings.

6 mins

How To Be Really Good

Robert Griffiths considers what it takes to actually be a mensch.

8 mins

Mill, Free Speech & Social Media

Nevin Chellappah asks whether John Stuart Mill's famous account of free speech is still sustainable in the age of Twitter.

10+ mins

Digital Freedom

Roberta Fischli & Thomas Beschorner argue that our digital future is not preprogrammed: it's about time we start thinking about what it should look like.

7 mins

Was Spinoza Actually An ATHEIST?

Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define 'God'.

9 mins

Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)

Brian Morris contemplates the 'ultimate reality' of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.

8 mins

Books

In this issue we look at two books on four famous female philosophers and friends; and another on the liberating experience of teaching philosophy in prison.

10+ mins

DON'T LOOK UP

Dylan Skurka marvels at the human capacity to ignore existential threats.

7 mins

How Did We Get To Be So Different?

Raymond Tallis grasps the grip our hands have on our humanity.

7 mins

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