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Tallis in Wonderland
How Did We Get To Be So Different?
Raymond Tallis grasps the grip our hands have on our humanity.
The Greeks
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.
Plato’s Myths
Neel Burton asks why the master reasoner turned to launching legends.
The Pandemos
Michael Baumann imagines what a modern Socratic dialogue might be like.
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.
Regulars
Editorial: What Have the Greeks Ever Done for Us?
by Rick Lewis
News: August/September 2022
Face-off at Microsoft • Museum argues over ethics of sponsorship • Philosophers meet by candlelight — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Levinas and Post-Pandemic Masking
Adam Birt tells us why Levinas wants us to throw off our face coverings.
How To Be Really Good
Robert Griffiths considers what it takes to actually be a mensch.
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.
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.
Was Spinoza Actually An Atheist?
Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define ‘God’.
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Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)
Brian Morris contemplates the ‘ultimate reality’ of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Coffee
by Matt Qvortrup
Tallis in Wonderland: How Did We Get To Be So Different?
Raymond Tallis grasps the grip our hands have on our humanity.
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Philosophical Haiku: Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
by Terence Green
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Wine
by Matt Qvortrup
Reviews
Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman and The Women Are Up to Something by Benjamin Lipscomb
Katie Barron look at two books on four famous female philosophers and friends.
The Life Inside by Andy West
Amna Whiston looks at a book on the liberating experience of teaching philosophy in prison.
Don’t Look Up
Dylan Skurka marvels at the human capacity to ignore existential threats.
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson
Vincent Di Norcia thinks about Roman Emperors.
Fiction
The Song of Ulysses
by Clinton Van Inman
