All articles from Figs in Winter

Orwell: 2+2=5

A new documentary about the British essayist and novelist is positively disturbing. And that’s a good thing

Suggested Readings

A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure

Three arguments about determinism and free will

When logic is at odds with the desire for human freedom

Early Socratic dialogues: Ion

Do poets know what they are talking about?

Video: Joshua Foa Dienstag on philosophical pessimism

Episode 23 of Ars Vivendi: Conversations on the art of living

The art of ataraxia: I—Letter to Menoeceus

Epicurus talks about the preconditions for happiness and the nature of the good life