In a recent podcast, the hosts of Philosophy Bites called up well-known philosophers—people like Martha Nussbaum, Many laughed at first, perhaps because it’s odd to talk about philosophers as if they ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

1. It’s barely 30 years old, but this feels like the Great Granddaddy of philosophical biography. The book’s subtitle, “The Duty of Genius,” perfectly captures the subject. If the Austrian-born Ludwig ...