Themed Articles

Democracy & Tragedy

Mark Chou argues that the performance of tragedies helped establish democracy.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013]

“Nobody Said Anything”

Meghan Bidwell ponders language and silence in the short stories of Raymond Carver and Ernest Hemingway.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013]

The Twin Souls of Oscar Wilde and Friedrich Nietzsche

Yahia Lababidi meditates on the aesthetics and ethics of two great contrarians.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013]

I Re-Read, Therefore I Understand

Kimberly Blessing tells us René Descartes’ advice on reading philosophy.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013]

Nietzsche, Our Contemporary

Eric Walther introduces the infamous iconoclast.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012]

Nietzsche’s Therapy

David Frost considers Nietzsche’s diet and lifestyle tips.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012]

Nietzsche’s Übermensch: A Hero of Our Time?

Eva Cybulska dispells popular misconceptions about this controversial figure.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012]

Nietzsche’s Dance With Zarathustra

In 1885 Nietzsche finished writing Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in which he has the prophet proclaim many Nietzschean ideas in parables and epiphets. Constantine Sandis asks why Nietzsche particularly chose Zarathustra.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012]

The Challenge of Eternal Recurrence

Kathleen O’Dwyer considers Nietzsche’s method of self-assessment.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012]

Philosophy And The Two-Sided Brain

Carol Nicholson considers a possible source of two major differences in approach.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012]

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