Themed Articles

‘I Am A God’: On Becoming More Than Human

David Birch compares the attitudes of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kanye West.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Two Famous Philistines of Philosophy

Christopher Devlin Brown sees similarities and differences in Nietzsche’s and Plato’s critiques of art.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

To Forget or To Remember?

Paul Doolan on what Nietzsche thought we can, and can’t, get out of history.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Our Nietzschean Future

Paul O’Mahoney considers the awful fate Nietzsche predicts for humanity.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Fellowship For Aristotle & Tolkien

Andy Owen explains what Aristotle was tolkien about.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

The Wisdom of Ignorance

Daniel Silvermintz wants us to rediscover the virtue of Socratic ignorance.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

What Philosophy Does To Philosophers

Rohan Somji looks at the consequences of thinking for three antique thinkers.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

A Stoic Response To The Climate Crisis

Matthew Gindin thinks that the Stoics have useful advice for us right now.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

The Tragedy That Was Athens

Alex Holzman sees the history of Golden Age Athens as a play with Pericles and Socrates as its tragic heroes.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

Let Plato Plan Your Wedding!

Krista Rodkey assembles wedding plans from Plato’s advice on romance and parties in the Republic, Laws, Symposium, & Phaedrus.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

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