History of Ideas

Three centuries ago, Voltaire published his Dictionnaire philosophique, taking in such idiosyncratic topics as adultery, mountains, nakedness, and ...

Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. ...

What is the work ethic? Does it justify policies that promote the wealth and power of the One Percent at workers' expense? Or does it advance polic...

A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has bee...

Understanding contemporary global politics by connecting them to the meditations of a classical Greek philosopher may seem farfetched and counterin...

'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts' Bertrand Rus...

'The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.' Descartes'It is not enough to have a good mind. The...

'Witty, knowledgeable and mind-expanding' RICHARD FISHER | 'A joyful romp' TOM HARFORD | 'A fun and inspiring teaser for curious minds' JÉRÉMIE HAR...

In these articles John Henry argues on the one hand for the intimate relationship between religion and early modern attempts to develop new underst...

The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual lifeScion of a distinguished line of ...