Ancient philosophy
Scholars react to “Plato Code” claims
Bold new claims about esoteric doctrines in the works of Plato have stirred a global debate in ancient scholarship and philosophy
July podcast
The latest edition features the philosophers’ football match and the Plato Code
What can the Stoics do for us?
Antonia Macaro investigates the alleged usefulness of Stoic philosophy for life today
May podcast
tpm editor Julian Baggini is back after an April break with another of his philosophy monthly podcasts, featuring Daniel Dennett, Richard Sorabji and John Sellars
Stoic Warriors
Nancy Sherman on modern soldiers and ancient wisdom
Threads
Stoics might not have been so stoical if they’d had bloggers to deal with
Profile: Seneca
Robin Wood on the philosopher accused of fiddling while Nero fiddled while Rome burned
The mommy wars
Jean Kazez asks it it really is a tragedy when intelligent women become stay at home parents
August podcast
Suffering is the unifying theme of the latest edition of tpm editor Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly. Is it all bad or do we need at least some it. Mark Vernon and Havi Carel argue that suffering can be part of the good life, while transhumanist Nick Bostrom makes the moral case for a future when death and disease will be conquered. Janet Radcliffe Richards also talks about suffering as a manifestly bad thing in her incisive critique of muddled morality.
The return of Xenophon
Robin Waterfield argues for the philosophical credentials of a neglected chronicler of Socrates
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