Back Issues
Issue 53
November/December 2005
EDITORIAL
Sartre for Starters
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE AT 100
Why Sartre Matters
Benedict O’Donohoe introduces our Sartre centenary issue.
Was Existentialism a Humanism? 
Gerald Jones examines one of the most famous lectures in the history of philosophy.
Sartre’s Being & Nothingness: The Bible of Existentialism?
Christine Daigle discusses some of the key concepts and ideas in Sartre’s most important philosophical book.
By Any Means Necessary?
Ian Birchall on a moral problem for Sartre.
Sartre’s Image in De Beauvoir’s Memoirs
Willie Thompson tries to see Sartre through the eyes of the person who knew him best.
OTHER ARTICLES
The Ontological Argument and the Sin of Hubris
Toni Vogel Carey’s answer to the most argued-over argument for the existence of God.
Is Skepticism Ridiculous?
Michael Philips asks whether anyone can really believe skeptical arguments.
Socratic Humility
Glenn Rawson on humility versus arrogance in the Socratic method of philosophy.
The Machiavelli Inquiry
Casimir Kukielka asks: What might some of history’s most famous practitioners of power politics have thought about the war in Iraq?
CROSSWORD
Crossword
Test your philosophical word-power with crossword number seven by Deiradiotes.
LETTERS
Opinions on Criminality and Cannabis, Neurotic Science, Occasional Liars, and more...
LEARNING & TEACHING
A Way of Thinking About Ethics
Philip Badger on a classroom philosophy experiment and the ideas it provoked.
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: Philosophical Prestidigitation
by Joel Marks
BOOKS
On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt
Petter Naessan examines Harry Frankfurt’s famous little book On Bullshit.
Existentialism edited by Robert C. Solomon
John Shand enjoys a collection of essays about existentialism.
Introduction to German Philosophy by Andrew Bowie
Peter Rickman peruses a thought-provoking book on German philosophy by Andrew Bowie.
THEATRE
No Exit to Portland
Tim Madigan watches a performance of Jean-Paul Sartre’s best-known play, and learns about Anguish.
SHORT STORY
Understanding Sartre
A short-but-disturbing story by Mark Richardson.