What did Foucault say ?
Michel Foucault (1926-84) was a French thinker, one of the “postmodernists”. Not really a philosopher so much as a cultural […]
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PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS & ECONOMICS
The ideas of Marx (1818-1883)
Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto together in 1848. It’s punchy and readable. It starts “A spectre is haunting
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Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
In the last few decades many in the West have looked askance at their stressful materialistic lives and turned to
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Existentialism and Humanism
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) popularised his brand of existentialism in various ways – through his philosophical writings and also through his
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The consolations of philosophy
Today I’d like to talk about Alain de Botton’s best selling “The consolations of philosophy” which came out back in
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Managing exchange rates
Exchange rates – and the management of them – are a major theme of economic news. But it can be
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Who was Marcus Aurelius?
Sam Harris’ hero In the fascinating exchange between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson that many of you will have
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