philosopher

This English philosopher, a former resident of the town, is seen by scholars as one of the US Founding Fathers on account of a pamphlet he penned in 1776 that argued for the cause.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Here the enduring wisdom of Indian spiritual philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti, Ojai’s informal patron saint, serves even to hold a recent incursion of ultra-rich to account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

A deep friendship with philosopher Ayn Rand in 1960s New York City helped cement his free-market thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

As the philosopher Eamonn Callan has argued, a proper love of country requires citizens to be clear-eyed about its faults.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Although there was a service led by the village philosopher, Ash did not hear a word of it.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

These world-historical individuals were “practical, political men” of action, not philosophers.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers and public intellectuals in post-war Germany, has died aged 96.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Aristotelian philosophers were still happily teaching this doctrine in the seventeenth century, despite the fact that there were two obvious difficulties.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton