General Articles: Brief Lives

José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)

Morgan Sloan studies a Spanish philosopher and public intellectual who wanted to use philosophy to help society.
[Issue 141: December 2020 / January 2021]

Mary Midgley (1919-2018)

Nat Dyer looks at the humanity of a philosopher who tried to make philosophy more human.
[Issue 140: October/November 2020]

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Gary Browning tells us why Iris Murdoch stands out as a twentieth century thinker.
[Issue 139: August/September 2020]

John Locke (1632-1704)

John P. Irish goes into full Locke-down with a titan of philosophy.
[Issue 138: June/July 2020]

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Mark Willingham looks at the philosophy of the great artist.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life of an influential early political philosopher.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)

Brad Rappaport writes an essay on the inventor of the essay.
[Issue 135: December 2019 / January 2020]

Peter Abelard (1079-1142)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life, love and logic of a medieval free thinker.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019]

Maine de Biran (1766-1824)

Benjamin Bâcle finds Maine de Biran’s idea of the self-willing self to be underrated.
[Issue 133: August/September 2019]

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)

Martin Jenkins considers the way of the samurai.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019]