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