General Articles: 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]

Brad Rappaport writes an essay on the inventor of the essay.
[Issue 135: December 2019 / January 2020]

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

Benjamin Bâcle finds Maine de Biran’s idea of the self-willing self to be underrated.
[Issue 133: August/September 2019]

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

Will Bouwman considers the development of a paradigmatic revolutionary.
[Issue 131: April/May 2019]

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

Dylan Daniel looks at the philosophical insights of a remarkable scientist.
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019]

Sandrine Bergès considers the too short wanderings of a political philosopher.
[Issue 128: October/November 2018]

Jack Allen considers the influential ideas of a medieval philosopher-monk.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018]