Pythagoras: Artist, Statesman, Philosopher - Part II
In the second part of his series, Charles Seltman focuses on the life of Pythagoras in Italy and how he became one of the greatest thinkers and most remarkable men in history.
Philosophy
John of Salisbury
A European rather than merely an Englishman, John embodied the new humanism that permeated twelfth-century thought, by J.J.N. McGurk.
Mithras and the Roman World
Michael Grant analyses Mithras and its importance to the ancients.
Cicero’s Year in Cilicia
David Stockton describes an important stage in the life of Cicero, the Roman philosopher, politican and theorist.
Saint-Simon: A Nineteenth Century Prophet
F.M.H. Markham profiles Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, the French political theorist and early advocate for a centralised, technocratic society.
Birth of Thomas Hobbes
The great political philosopher was born on April 5th, 1588.
Michael Oakeshott, The Philosopher Ploughman
Graham A. MacDonald reappraises the ideas and impact of the 20th-century political thinker, Michael Oakeshott.
Hitler: The Philosopher Führer
During his 1924 incarceration Adolf Hitler attempted to appropriate the ideas of some of Germany’s greatest thinkers and philosophers.
Karl Marx and the Philosophy of History
As prophet and economist, Marx is a familiar figure. But what, asks Lindley Fraser, was his real contribution to the writing of history?
Thomas Paine
Adrian Brunel profiles the influential revolutionary pamphleteer and political philosopher.