The author, broadcaster and MP sparked a love of academic philosophy in countless curious viewers and readers

The Second Mountain is full of rambling anecdotes of exemplary virtue

Become too authentic and you simply rule out self-improvement 

When it comes to reading religious texts, intellectual curiosity and reasoning can only take us so far. We must approach them with a mind open to complexity, beauty and troubling honesty

From Nationwide to McDonald's, more and more advertisements are relying on the power of verse to shift their products. But while it's easy to be cynical, advertising's love affair with poetry tells...

Ayer’s work tells us important things about the shortcomings of Anglophone philosophy

Two contributors debate David Hume's bold challenge to the primacy of pure logical thinking

Cosiness and its malcontent—meet the Socrates of Copenhagen

Figures like Elizabeth Holmes and "fake heiress" Anna Delvey do more than offer a good scam story—they open up a whole new way of thinking about young women's relationship to capital

People are saying that time has sped up—and that digital technology is to blame