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Free will & Predestination

Ralph Blumenau argues that there is more to the doctrine of predestination than we might think. To support his theory he looks back to the teaching of Original Sinner St. Augustine.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Onward Christian soldiers

Russian philosophy was brought to the public eye by the recently deceased Sir Isaiah Berlin. In this article, David Limond explains the thinking of a philosopher who married political thinking and Christianity in a particularly Russian way.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Drinks & Thinks

A roundup of news from the philosophy cafés.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Be Your Own Person – Be a Philosopher

Continuing our occasional series of personal interpretations of philosophy, C.H. Goodwin extols the philosophical life.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Killing Time

Cliff Stagoll on the strange case of John McTaggart, who didn’t believe in time.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Relativism – An Allegorical Elucidation

Emrys Westacott comes to the aid of a much reviled theory.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me A Mercedes-Benz?

Martin Tyrrell on lotteries, religion and Pascal’s Wager.
[Issue 19: Winter 1997/98]

Socrates Revisited: The Jurors Speak

Steven Goldberg reveals the musings of those who condemned Socrates to drink his Hemlock.
[Issue 19: Winter 1997/98]

Symbolism, Meaning & Nihilism in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction

Mark Conard reveals the metaphysical truths lurking under the rug in Tarantino’s cult classic.
[Issue 19: Winter 1997/98]

Pleasure Now

Dane Gordon on a forgotten philosopher who practiced what he preached.
[Issue 19: Winter 1997/98]

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