How to Keep your Cool
This is a new edition of Seneca's classic essay on Anger at a time when the phrase 'anger management' had yet to be coined. There…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy
Introduction to Western Moral Philosophy
This is a lucid introduction to the subject based on lectures given to undergraduates and beginning with an introduction to the topic in terms of…… Read More »
THE MONARCHY OF FEAR
I recently had the chance to see Martha Nussbaum speak on her new book, The Monarchy of Fear, and learn that she is widely acclaimed…… Read More »
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY FOR?
To reach the age of ninety-nine years with all one's mental faculties intact is quite an achievement even in this time of increasing life-span. But…… Read More »
A relatively technical treatment of Nietzsche's thoughts on nihilism, including a history of the concept and its current influence, including its relationship to pessimism and…… Read More »
Readers of reviews in this journal will be aware that there has been something of a revival of Stoicism, which this book takes into account.…… Read More »
Western Philosophy Made Easy
Dennis Waite is the author of many books on Advaita, series provides an excellent and concise introduction to Western philosophy in a mere 100 pages.…… Read More »
Aging Thoughtfully
Martha Nussbaum is a well-known philosopher while Saul Levmore is a former Dean of University of Chicago Law School. In this book of paired essays…… Read More »
Life, Death and Meaning
Subtitled 'key philosophical readings on the big questions', this anthology is characterised by the editor as 'analytic existentialism', a new phrase for me. This is…… Read More »
Idleness – A Philosophical Essay
Many years ago I read Bertrand Russell's essay In Praise of Idleness, and in the first paragraph (you can Google the PDF) he sets out…… Read More »