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Winners of the 50 prizes for our 50th edition

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 100th edition!). We're pleased to announce the 50 winners, who hail from 27 countries…

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Word to the wise

The 21st century has created a whole range of new types of professional that we have never had before – or if not quite…

NFN: To see or not to see

  “So to arrange things that the surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action; that the perfection…

NFN: The bystander effect

  “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” –Anonymous    …

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The daily emergency

“[The] selective concern with the ‘inner drama’ enables the writer or artist to capture the essential feature of human experience; it allows him to…

13 questions: Christian Miller

  From the Flourishing edition, available from our online store     What is your demon? My doubts that my work hasn’t made any…

Somewhere to flourish

For much of my early adult life, I viewed flourishing as a state of being that necessitated certain ingredients, much like a plant requires…

New Philosopher #44: Flourishing

“There is only one inborn erroneous notion… that we exist in order to be happy.” - Arthur Schopenhauer   It’s not uncommon for people…

13+ questions: Justin Weinberg

What is your demon? I don’t know, but perhaps it’s related to the fact that I’d never answer this question sincerely in public.  …

Deep distraction

Last year, I attended a conference at a country house hotel that boasted a slightly battered baby grand in its lounge. From the moment…

New Philosopher celebrates 10 years

We're thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of New Philosopher. Back in 2013, we launched the magazine at the Byron Writers Festival - at…

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