Columns: Philosophy Then

Looking to the Past

Peter Adamson on when philosophers write history.
[Issue 149: April/May 2022]

Peter Adamson ponders erotic philosophy in the Renaissance.
[Issue 148: February/March 2022]

Peter Adamson ponders the ancient ethics of happiness.
[Issue 147: December 2021 / January 2022]

Peter Adamson traces ancient arguments against materialism.
[Issue 146: October/November 2021]

Peter Adamson and Hanif Amin Beidokhti on Persian cross-cultural interpretations.
[Issue 145: August/September 2021]

Peter Adamson considers explanations of evil in the context of slavery in nineteenth century America.
[Issue 144: June/July 2021]

Peter Adamson perceives absences in Indian epistemology.
[Issue 142: February/March 2021]

Peter Adamson on Avicenna’s soul survivors.
[Issue 141: December 2020 / January 2021]

Peter Adamson on agreement in philosophy.
[Issue 140: October/November 2020]

Peter Adamson looks back at ideas of eternal repetition.
[Issue 139: August/September 2020]