Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
If, like me, you’re a wanky middle class type who swans around with people who read books FOR FUN, thenContinue Reading
Tag: philosophy
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
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The Violet Hour by Katie Roiphe
All Men Must Die, innit?
Specimen Days by Walt Whitman
The life and memories of Walt Whitman, focusing on war and nature.
Useful Work v. Useless Toil by William Morris
Morris is a dream-weaving Corbynista, whose acknowledgement of a sad truth mis-sees it as a solvable problem.
A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
Love is not the preserve of the randy, love is not just something that happens with pants off or about to be off…
On the Value of Literature by Karl Ove Knausgaard
What is the point of literature? What is the point of life? Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of the hugely acclaimed MyContinue Reading
What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
The intellectual and emotional vigour with which I’ve approached What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy has left me bawling in the street,Continue Reading
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
This is a late novella of Tolstoy’s, and one famous for espousing a narrative rooted in his late-life, anti-sexuality, opinions.Continue Reading
The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand
As many of you may have noticed, after the UK recently democratically elected a right-wing government, I shaved off myContinue Reading
