Philosophy

As prophet and economist, Marx is a familiar figure. But what, asks Lindley Fraser, was his real contribution to the writing of history?

Adrian Brunel profiles the influential revolutionary pamphleteer and political philosopher.

L.B. Namier investigates the “ever-recurring divergence between fixed ideas and a changing reality”.

T. Charles Edwards on the position of Catholics in Victorian England.

Maurice Cranston assesses the background and impact to Thomas Hobbes' masterwork of religious and political philosophy.

Charles Seltman analyses the role of the darker deity in Ancient Greece. Second of a two part series. The first part can be read here.

Sir Kenneth Clark discovers echoes of both ancient and modern in a true Renaissance man.

Jean Lindsay queries the medieval path of scientific enquiry.

Christopher Dawson attempts to rebut the arguments previously made by Alan Bullock

Alan Bullock ruminates on the role of historians in Western society.