Authors

Author: "Martin Jenkins"

Anselm (1033-1109)

Martin Jenkins recalls the being of the creator of the ontological argument.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024: Brief Lives]

Chamfort (1740-1794)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life of a wry observer of society, cut short by that society’s revolutionary turmoil.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023: Brief Lives]

Evil From The Outside

Martin Jenkins considers alternative explanations of suffering, somewhere between traditional monotheism and new atheism.
[Issue 154: February/March 2023: Articles]

Diogenes the Cynic (c.404-323 BC)

Martin Jenkins recalls what we know for sure about the philosopher in the barrel.
[Issue 149: April/May 2022: Brief Lives]

Coronavirus, Correlation & Causation

Martin Jenkins uses the virus to test our knowledge of causation.
[Issue 146: October/November 2021: Reality]

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

Martin Jenkins gathers his courage, steps through the wardrobe and meets an enchanting professor.
[Issue 144: June/July 2021: Brief Lives]

Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life of an influential early political philosopher.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020: Brief Lives]

Peter Abelard (1079-1142)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life, love and logic of a medieval free thinker.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019: Brief Lives]

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)

Martin Jenkins considers the way of the samurai.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019: Brief Lives]

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Martin Jenkins traces the life of a self-made woman.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Brief Lives]