Essays, interviews and ideas from New Philosopher.
When Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, AKA ‘B-girl Raygun’, kangaroo-hopped across the stage at the Paris 2024 Olympics, never could she have foreseen that her performance would be viewed, and her name shared, by more people than almost any…
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“The easy thing is just to conform. If you look at the history of intellectuals back to the earliest times, every society that…
To celebrate the publication of our 50th edition, we're giving away 50 prizes to subscribers, with first prize a 50-edition subscription (up to our…
The 21st century has created a whole range of new types of professional that we have never had before – or if not quite…
“So to arrange things that the surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action; that the perfection…
“If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” –Anonymous …
“[The] selective concern with the ‘inner drama’ enables the writer or artist to capture the essential feature of human experience; it allows him to…
From the Flourishing edition, available from our online store What is your demon? My doubts that my work hasn’t made any…
For much of my early adult life, I viewed flourishing as a state of being that necessitated certain ingredients, much like a plant requires…
“There is only one inborn erroneous notion… that we exist in order to be happy.” - Arthur Schopenhauer It’s not uncommon for people…
After just a week, Flourish by Antonia Case has sold out at some locations in Australia and in some online stores but Bloomsbury is…
"Every now and then an epiphany comes along in the form of a book. Are we being who we secretly thought we could be?…
Last year, I attended a conference at a country house hotel that boasted a slightly battered baby grand in its lounge. From the moment…
