Bentham: The Architect of Utilitarianism
Bentham: The Architect of Utilitarianism By Matt McKeown What is the proper calculus of morals and, to the extent they differ, of politics? Born in England in 1748, …
The Great Conversation: Sense
The Great Conversation: Sense By Matt McKeown Sensation is inextricably linked with both knowledge and illusion. The senses are, of course, our earliest experience; indeed, they are arguably …
Chaucer: The Father of English Literature
Chaucer: The Father of English Literature By Matt McKeown After centuries of obscurity, Chaucer restored vernacular English literature to prominence. The son of a wealthy merchant family with …
The Great Conversation: Animals
The Great Conversation: Animals By Matt McKeown The significance of animals in the “Great Conversation” is as diverse as the millions of species the word covers. Animal is …
The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II
The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II By Matt McKeown Peace, frustratingly enough, can be as philosophically complicated as war. Go here for Part I. The pursuit of …
The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part I
The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part I By Matt McKeown War is one of the most ancient and persistent features of human civilization. The earliest name on our …
The Great Conversation: Opinion
The Great Conversation: Opinion By Matt McKeown Opinion sounds like an easy thing to understand, but it ramifies quickly … Opinion is one of the oldest topics in …
Luther: The Spark of the Reformation
Luther: The Spark of the Reformation By Matt McKeown Few have wielded a more universal influence upon world history than Martin Luther. Luther is one of the more …
The Great Conversation: Cause
The Great Conversation: Cause By Matt McKeown Causation, like being itself, applies to nearly every philosophical topic in existence. Causality is a gigantic topic, covering not only different …
Erasmus: Prince of the Humanists
Erasmus: Prince of the Humanists By Matt McKeown As much as the printing press itself, Erasmus revolutionized western scholarship. The Renaissance is, through no fault of its own, …
