Philosophy
Bestiality is worse than eating meat
Tom Chivers is wrong about having sex with animals
The wisdom of the old traditions
The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
Michel Foucault: the prophet of pederasty
Daniel Johnson says the fact that Foucault scholars now overlook his advocacy for sex with boys shows the great libertine failed to overturn Judaeo-Christian morality
The pleasure of hating
Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law
Inscrutable Wagner
Roger Scruton’s appreciation of Richard Wagner will remain an important and inexhaustible part of his legacy
Remembering James R. Flynn: scholar and free speech advocate
Paul du Quenoy offers an appreciation of the late scholar and free speech advocate James R. Flynn
The enduring legacy of Michel Foucault
How the French philosopher founded today’s social justice movement
Roger’s religion
Sir Roger Scruton’s religious views are dissonant but beautiful
The broken circle
A remarkable group of intellectuals in pre-war Vienna used philosophy to explain the scientific progess of their time — until they were halted by murder and Nazism