Tag: "philosophy & literature"

Reading Jane Austen as a Moral Philosopher

Thomas Rodham keenly observes Jane Austen’s exacting ethical expertise.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Reading, Writing, Thinking]

Simon & Finn

by Melissa Felder
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Cartoon]

Democracy & Tragedy

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

“Nobody Said Anything”

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

Encouraging Communication Through Imagination

Shudong Chen communicates about the importance of communication.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Articles]

The Isabel Dalhousie novels of Alexander McCall Smith

Patricia Cleveland-Peck detects philosophy in the books of Alexander McCall Smith.
[Issue 87: November/December 2011: Books]

The Fourfold Loves of C.S. Lewis and Benedict XVI

David Goicoechea compares two Christian understandings of love.
[Issue 85: July/August 2011: Philosophy & Love]

That Shine of Heavenly Light

George Ross shows how Goethe’s masterpiece Faust explored the limits of human reason and foretold the catastrophes of the modern world.
[Issue 85: July/August 2011: Articles]

Not So Strange Bedfellows: Philosophical Sci Fi Roundup

Nick DiChario is thoughtfully prophetic.
[Issue 85: July/August 2011: Books]

Sam Spade, Existential Hero?

Michael Rockler scrutinizes the private investigator’s existentialist credentials.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009: Existentialism & Culture]