Archive - Heristical

Why Some Tastes Are Better Than Others

Roger Scruton in defence of elitism

Jan 21 •

Jeremy Stangroom

Philosophers Scandalised by Tory MP

A philosophical pile-on in slow motion.

Jan 18 •

Jeremy Stangroom

Did Bertrand Russell advocate for a preemptive nuclear attack on Russia?

What Did Russell Say At Westminster School in 1948?

Jan 9 •

Jeremy Stangroom

Not Such a Bright Idea

On the ill-fated "Brights" fiasco

Jan 7 •

Jeremy Stangroom

Dido, Aeneas and Drunken Sex

On Kantianism and Consent

Jan 4 •

Jeremy Stangroom

Bertrand Russell and the Plane Crash

How Earl Russell, aged 76, swam for his life in a Norwegian Fjord

Jan 2 •

Jeremy Stangroom

The Genesis of a Philosophical Myth

On Schopenhauer throwing a seamstress downstairs

Jan 1 •

Jeremy Stangroom

December 2024

The Philosopher and the Seamstress

How Schopenhauer assaulted a woman and ended up in court

Dec 28, 2024 •

Jeremy Stangroom

The Scandal of Simone de Beauvoir (Pt 3)

How Beauvoir had sex with her students and lied about it afterwards

Dec 17, 2024 •

Jeremy Stangroom

The Scandal of Simone de Beauvoir (Pt 2)

How Simone de Beauvoir had sex with her students and lied about it afterwards

Dec 16, 2024 •

Jeremy Stangroom

The Scandal of Simone de Beauvoir (Pt 1)

How Beauvoir had sex with her students and lied about it afterwards

Dec 15, 2024 •

Jeremy Stangroom

The Sorrows of Young Goethe

On the pain of unrequited love

Dec 5, 2024 •

Jeremy Stangroom

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