What counts as virtue among Western elites? As Aristotle teaches, if you can identify what a society considers to be virtuous or good, you can understand the moral outlook of that society’s ...

Dublin-born writer returns with a novel pairing philosopher’s teachings with intimate, often devastating, story of a teacher and student ...

In Emile, his classic work on education, Jean Jacques Rousseau advances a decidedly non-Christian argument against educational practices that might repress or alter what he contends is children’s ...

Despite his love of hosting, conversation, and fine dining, Kant’s house was unadorned and austere. He had only one picture, which hung above his bureau. This picture was of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who ...