Author: "Peter Rickman"

The Poet’s Metaphysical Role

Rilke thought that the point of poetry was to immortalize that which is transitory. Peter Rickman explains.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

Alice in Blunderland

Peter Rickman travels through the looking glass in search of some of philosophy’s pitfalls.
[Issue 37: August/September 2002: Fiction]

More than any other recent philosophical movement, the existentialists communicated their ideas through plays, novels and short stories. Peter Rickman asks: why did existentialism resort to literary expression?
[Issue 32: June/July 2001: Existentialism]

The Philosopher as Joker

Peter Rickman on the unsettling similarities between jokes and philosophy.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000: Humour]

The Philosopher as Lover

Continuing our series of personal interpretations of philosophy, Peter Rickman extols the passionate philosopher.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998: Articles]

Gulliver’s Travels / continued

by Peter Rickman
[Issue 10: Autumn 1994: Fiction]

The Philosopher as Actor

by Peter Rickman
[Issue 7: Autumn 1993: Articles]

The Philosopher as Spy

Agent Peter Rickman reports back.
[Issue 3: Summer 1992: Articles]

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