Hidden Truths
A new portrait of one of the 20th century’s most controversial philosophers
Beckett the Prophet
We are all, it seems, still waiting for Godot
The Importance of Being Idle
What Paul Lafargue taught us about work
The Popper Principle
Did Plato really espouse ideas that led eventually to totalitarianism?
Compassionate Curmudgeon
Why we must root ourselves in the real world
Days of Awe
The Romantics sought the sublime in nature, but the feeling may be experienced in humanity, too
Visions From Jura
What the world looked like to George Orwell during his final days
The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
