Philosophical — a journal of philosophical ideas
A distributed circle of writers thinking across every time zone.
We publish clear, rigorous essays on ethics, logic, and the ideas that shape how we think and live.
The unexamined life is not worth living.— Socrates, as recorded by Plato
Essays
Featured Essays
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On Virtue
A close reading of Aristotle's account of character and the mean between extremes.
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The Nature of Time
Examining how change, memory, and moment shape our sense of what is real.
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First Principles
A guide to reasoning from premises to conclusions without losing the thread.
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The Good Life
What eudaimonia meant to the ancients, and what it might mean now.
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