How Philosophy Will Save the World—Or at Least, Make It More Bearable
Think Better: Unlocking the Power of Reason by Ulrich L. Lehner. Baker Academic, 2021. Paperback, 192 pages, $22. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat Whatever one might think of today’s society, there is no question that a dearth of clear, logical thinking has contributed to...
Conservatism? What a Concept
Conservatism (Key Concepts in Political Theory) by Edmund Neill. Polity, 2021. Paperback, 180 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by Daniel Pitt Edmund Neill, in a chapter called “Defining Conservatism,” tells us that this “book seeks to define the concept of conservatism.” To do...
Happy with Aquinas
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purposeby J. Budziszewski. Cambridge University Press, 2020. Paperback, 704 pages, $40. Reviewed by Jesse Russell St. Thomas Aquinas has been one of the principal intellectual mainstays of post-World...
Diaries of a Poor Judge of Character
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume Two): 1938–43 Edited by Simon Heffer. Hutchinson, 2021. Hardcover, 1120 pages, $45.90. Reviewed by John Rossi “Chips” Channon was born in Chicago in 1897 to a moderately wealthy family. During the First World War he served in...
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