In his book 'Aleister Crowley: The Biography ,' Tobias Churton tries to reposition his subject as less of scattered dabbler in occult thinking, and more of a serious philosopher with scholarly chops. (READ MORE)
Imagine, for a second, that Plato has time-traveled to debate Bill O'Reilly. Or perhaps Amy Chua. How would the debate go down? Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's book 'Plato at the Googleplex' helps us do just that, by proving how ancient philosophy is still relevant in a modern context. (READ MORE)
In Alain de Botton's new book The News, he concludes the cure to the modern news cycle and sensationalized stories is a good book. Why not start with something by de Botton himself? (READ MORE)
In Her, the new movie featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, and the voice of Scarlett Johansson, writer-director Spike Jonze incorporates the spirit and "voice" of the late Zen philosopher Alan Watts, born on this day in 1915.(READ MORE)
Nathan Gelgud creates illustrations inspired by A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. (READ MORE)
UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day, which occurs annually in November, honors the openness embodied by Montaigne and his most pressing question: 'How to Live?'(READ MORE)
“I have few words in my pen,” claims Jean Cocteau, but the recent reissue of his memoir The Difficulty of Being proves otherwise. Elliptical and free-flowing, it’s a biography not of the external facts of Cocteau’s life, but the architecture of his thought. Almost anything is fair game. Reading...(READ MORE)
Nearly two decades ago, Mark Sundeen and Daniel Suelo worked together as cooks at a diner in Moab, Utah. The two young men, drawn to the desert like so many nonconformist seekers, had much in common. Since then, their paths have diverged considerably. Sundeen developed a stable career as a writer, and...(READ MORE)
