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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]

What is the Philosophy of Mathematics?

Stephen Ferguson asks whether mathematical objects are real.
[Issue 19: Winter 1997/98]

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