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Philosopher of the apocalypse

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Bacon and God’s wrath

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Since Derrida

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What is movement?

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Look on the dark side

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John Ruskin: in awe of nature

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The lady vanishes

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Who decides what art means?

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Truth is real

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The Midas Disease

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What is a law of nature?

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My God, it’s full of stars

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We must not own animals

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The happiest guy in the world

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Essays and videos on philosophy, the history of ideas, ethics and life’s big questions

Philosophy Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore life’s big questions and the history of ideas from Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir, political philosophy to philosophy of mind, the Western canon and the non-Western world.
