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Writers’ Award XXV Winner: Death oh, oh ever teach me
By Dr Wolfgang Gillier Death is always a family affair. When you have one family, or two. But then who defines ‘the’ family? Is…
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To celebrate six years of sending New Philosopher to curious and interesting people around the world, we gave subscribers the chance to win a…
Alienated from the pleasures of work
Zan Boag: As a group you have been meeting to discuss ‘work’ over the past two years, under the title ‘Labor, philosophy, and change’.…
The project of being alive
It’s not the first time that a movie has been shown to a vegetative audience but for some reason the idea of plants watching…
13 questions: Mr John Clarke
1. The question you'd most like to ask others? What are you doing? 2. How free are you? I’ll be free in about 20…
13 questions with Michael Leunig
1. What is the biggest threat to our minds? Our minds. 2. What is freedom? Non-compliance and creativity. 3. What illusion do you suffer…
Cryptic crossword – issue#2:mind
Set by Gizmogenes Across 1 Take to be hypothetical (8) 5 Perhaps Carol's volte-face is secret knowledge (6) 9 In Paris,…
8 questions: Genís Carreras
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Genís Carreras, a Spanish graphic designer based in London, produced the acclaimed "Philographics" series. 1. What prompted you to do the…
J.S.Mill’s dedication to his wife Harriet: “On Liberty”
To the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer, and in part the author, of all that is best in my…
On Shadows and Realities in Education (Plato’s Cave)
The Republic, Plato, Book VII AND now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold!…
Of the things which are in our Power, and not in our Power
EPICTETUS: The Discourses Book One, Chapter 1 Of all the faculties, you will find not one which is capable of contemplating itself; and, consequently,…
