Orwell's 1984 has seen a massive surge in sales in the last 8 years. That's no surprise.

Man makes religion, religion does not make man, says the German philosopher Feuerbach. Karl Marx agrees. But why do we do this, and should we? Find out more!

You want lasting joy and fulfillment in your life? Then strive for excellence and competency! Or so argues Aristotle.

What is the universe without human consciousness? Strangely, not much! Or so I argue!

We prefer machines to people and mechanical precision to messy human qualities. What is this but our love of death over life! Or so argue Byung-Chul Han and Erich Fromm!

Aristotle and Kant argue for two very different ethical outlooks. I definitely prefer one to the other!

We live in an age increasingly dominated by black and white thinking. When we leave no room for the complexity and ambiguity of reality, the outcome is going to be perilous.

The French philosopher Montaigne made the exploration of selfhood the most important thing in his life. How does his project compare to today's version of self-fashioning?