What Boethius described was no symptom of carceral derangement; the lady was his metaphor for the power of philosophy to breathe life back into a deadened soul. With luck, you are not reading this ...
The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
The Conditions of Un-conditional Love” by Alexander McCall Smith, the prolific Scotch author with a fine “ sense of humor”, is about his heroine Isobel who “does” philosophy. Her mate Jamie is a ...