philosophical truth, and no one can say that the author is not a philosopher nor the claim is not a philosophical truth; [therefore] philosophy is useless." -Philip Atkinson The relationship between ...

Why reflect on the practices of everyday life, if not because it's the only way to have a reflection of your own philosophy in action, so you can observe and transform it? It is in the reflection of ...

Jean-François Lyotard, the French philosopher, delivered four lectures, “Why Philosophize?” at the Sorbonne in 1964, arguing passionately that we philosophize out of desire, a sense of absence, and ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Our latest contributor, Emily Hutchinson, follows up: As I’ve been ...

We know the Boss has a hungry heart, but he may also have a philosopher's soul. A high-brow study of famous thinkers got a jump in sales after Bruce Springsteen was photographed reading it recently.