Themed Articles

What Is Life Worth?

Michael Allen Fox wonders whether life really is ‘a precious gift’.
[Issue 162: June/July 2024]

Frankl & Sartre in Search of Meaning

Georgia Arkell compares logotherapy and atheistic existentialism.
[Issue 162: June/July 2024]

Finding Meaning in Suffering

Patrick Testa on the extraordinary hope offered by Viktor Frankl.
[Issue 162: June/July 2024]

Significance

Ruben David Azevedo tells us why, in a limitless universe, we’re not insignificant.
[Issue 162: June/July 2024]

Plato versus Literature

Daniel Toré asks, can literature save us?
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

What Makes A Book Great?

Colin Stott critiques the critical thinking of Matthew Arnold and F.R. Leavis.
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

Milan Kundera’s Philosophy of the Novel

Mike Sutton reflects on the existential code of the novel.
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

Don Quixote & Narrative Identity

Inês Pereira Rodrigues asks, are we always (or ever) who we say we are?
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

Shakespeare: Folly, Humanism & Critical Theory

Sam Gilchrist Hall surveys folly and wisdom in Shakespeare’s world and beyond.
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

What You Need to Read Before You Read Kant

22nd April 2024 is the 300th birthday of Immanuel Kant. Anja Steinbauer introduces the man and gets you ready for his three Critiques.
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

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