Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

Philosophy Now

Greeks Bearing Gifts

News

Fellowship For Aristotle & Tolkien • Andy Owen explains what Aristotle was tolkien about

SIMON + FINN

The Wisdom of Ignorance • Daniel Silvermintz wants us to rediscover the virtue of Socratic ignorance

What Philosophy Does To Philosophers • Rohan Somji looks at the consequences of thinking for three antique thinkers

A Stoic Response To The Climate Crisis • Matthew Gindin thinks that the Stoics have useful advice for us right now

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.

Let Plato Plan Your Wedding! • Krista Rodkey assembles wedding plans from Plato’s advice on romance and parties in the Republic, Laws, Symposium, & Phaedrus.

Interview • Gary Cox is the author of several books on existentialism and general philosophy. The 10th anniversary edition of his bestselling self-help book How to Be an Existentialist was published recently. Gavin Smith talks with him about existentialism.

An Essay on Nothing • Sophia Gottfried meditates on the emptiness of non-existence

Francis Fukuyama & the Perils of Identity • Peter Benson critiques a liberal but nationalistic brand of identity politics

How To Change Your Mind • Steven Campbell-Harris tells us how philosophy can change thinking.

HERACLITUS (c.535-475 BCE) • Speak not, but say much Eternal change is constant: Nothing understood.

Immanuel Kant’s Globalization Program • Dan Corjescu looks at how Kant wanted to unite the world.

Kant’s Opus postumum • Terrence Thomson wrestles with Kant’s unfinished work to ask what we should expect from philosophy books.

AMBIVALENCE • E.T. Urso has some philosophical ambivalence for us especially for Valentine’s Day.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

The Pleasure Principle • Peter Adamson takes pleasure in pondering ancient hedonism.

I Am Dynamite! by Sue Prideaux • We explode your thinking this issue as Scott Parker looks at Sue Prideaux’s (armour) penetrating biography of Friedrich Nietzsche; Roger Caldwell scrutinises philosophical revolutions; & Joshua Schrier is approximately correct, probably.

Nihilism & Philosophy by Gideon Barker

Probably Approximately Correct by Leslie Valiant

JOKER • Stefan Bolea meditates on madness at the movies.

Destined In Delhi • Seán Moran contemplates kismet and choreography.

Paying Attention to Attention • Raymond Tallis becomes aware that he can’t afford to ignore attention.

Subscribe to Philosophy Now Back Issues & Digital Editions

Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) • Martin Jenkins looks at the life of an influential early political philosopher.

Achilles and the Tortoise

What is Freedom?