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Articles
About Free Time
Hugh Hunter wonders if we’re always free in our use of our free time.
Schopenhauer
Poodle as Representation, Rottweiler as Will
Christopher Ryan takes a dogged look at Schopenhauer’s view of the world.
Schopenhauer the Optimist
Duncan Richter explains why Schopenhauer thinks art, especially music, can provide a kind of salvation.
The Ethics of a Pessimist
Dennis Vanden Auweele looks at Schopenhauer’s response to suffering.
Philosophical Outlook & Mental Well-Being
Sam Woolfe asks if pessimism is a proper response to life or a symptom of depression.
Regulars
Editorial: Brilliance and Gloom
by Rick Lewis
News: October/November 2019
Locke doc shock in Maryland • Žižek says something controversial again • French MPs debate sex and bioethics — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
About Free Time
Hugh Hunter wonders if we’re always free in our use of our free time.
The Mind of Leonardo da Vinci
Waqās Ahmed connects Leonardo’s worldview with systems theory.
Conceptual Origami
Andrew Notier unfolds the social construction of mathematics for us.
Elastic Selves in the Age of Enhancement
Susana Badiola wonders how technology will help us understand our selves.
Challenge, Enhancement & Martial Arts
Daniel Faggella uses technology to reevaluate what it is to be challenged.
Peter Abelard (1079-1142)
Martin Jenkins looks at the life, love and logic of a medieval free thinker.
Columns
Philosophical Haiku: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
by Terence Green
Street Philosopher: Goading Gladiators
Seán Moran analyses amphitheatrical antics.
Tallis in Wonderland: Religion & Evil
Raymond Tallis has some inconclusive thoughts.
Philosophy Then: First Believe, Then Understand
Peter Adamson reviews the relation of reason & revelation.
Reviews
Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, & the Return of the Far Right by Ronald Beiner
Joe Smith affirms a criticism of a popular view that sees Nietzsche as a right-on revolutionary.
How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
Don Berry finds modern-day applications for life advice from antiquity.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Thomas E. Wartenberg sees current concerns about truth in the news spotlighted by a classic Western.
An Appeal to the World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Ian Robinson has a brief look at the Dalai Lama’s brief message to the world.
Fiction
Street Entertainment
Luke Tarassenko is determined to make a splash.
