The revolutions in Russia and China were both, at least ostensibly, Marxist in character. The Second World War turned out in favour of the Allies partly because Hitler, blinded by his hatred of ...

If you’ve studied philosophy you’ve probably been told, at one point or another, that you’re wasting your time. But while it's common to hear this from, say, a sceptical uncle looking over your ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

John Haldane is J. Newton Rayzor, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, Texas, and Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney. There ...

Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945) is arguably the most important modern Japanese philosopher. This volume — first published in Japanese in 1985 — brings together diverse essays about both him and his ...

Reclaiming pleasure and joy in teaching offers ways of resisting the resentment and isolation that characterises the corporate and increasingly competitive capitalist university. (Infadel / iStock / ...

Would it be possible, I wondered idly a couple of months ago, in a conversation with the philosopher Mark Vernon, to recreate “The School of Athens”, Raphael’s 1509 painting depicting the great Greek ...

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