The Classic of Filial Piety
Once, when Zhong Ni was unoccupied, and his disciple Zeng was sitting by in attendance on him, the Master said, “The ancient kings had…
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Virus views: human responses
We are publishing submissions about the COVID-19 crisis from readers daily on New Philosopher in the hope that it can help us all make…
COVID-19
You hardly need to be told that life has changed over the past few weeks. We are experiencing an upending of our lives. It…
New Philosopher ‘Magazine of the Decade’
London, December 2019: We're thrilled to announce that New Philosopher has been named 'Magazine of the Decade' by the UK's leading independent subscription service…
Eternity projects
By Marina Benjamin When the British Museum in London was in the process of acquiring its spectacular wave-form roof in the late 1990s, I…
What makes a good death?
By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore Last year my 92-year-old grandmother, April, wrote a letter to The Times of London: “Sir, Why do we have to announce,…
Balance: what is the Goldilocks day?
By Tim Olds There’s nothing more democratic than time. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates and the Dalai Lama, Usain Bolt and Serena…
The obsolete human being
By William Watkin Now Take one last look at your smartphone. You probably regard it as the cutting edge of technology, and those…
Doing away with death
By Allison Arieff Consider this fact of modern life: nearly all of the technological products that we buy and use are designed with planned…
How much time do I have left?
No one can really know how much time they have left to live, though some have a better idea than others – the terminally…
The mystery of time
Zan Boag: You’ve delved into the mystery of time over the course of your life, a journey that has ultimately led to you writing…
Power to the people?
By Mark Colyvan & Brian Hedden Most of us have great faith in democracy. Such is this faith that when democratic processes deliver poor…
