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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
Why Some Tastes Are Better Than Others
Roger Scruton in defence of elitism
Jan 21, 2025 • 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
A. J. Ayer vs. Mike Tyson
On the genesis of a story.
Dec 2, 2024 • Jeremy Stangroom
Bertrand Russell and the Plane Crash
How Earl Russell, aged 76, swam for his life in a Norwegian Fjord
Jan 2, 2025 • Jeremy Stangroom
The Genesis of a Philosophical Myth
On Schopenhauer throwing a seamstress downstairs
Jan 1, 2025 • Jeremy Stangroom
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
What we owe to the people who take the risk of loving us
May 30 • Jeremy Stangroom
Philosophers Scandalised by Tory MP
A philosophical pile-on in slow motion.
Jan 18, 2025 • Jeremy Stangroom
Schopenhauer vs. Russell: On Love and Attraction
What is the secret to sexual allure?
Jul 28, 2024 • Jeremy Stangroom
Did Bertrand Russell advocate for a preemptive nuclear attack on Russia?
What Did Russell Say At Westminster School in 1948?
Jan 9, 2025 • Jeremy Stangroom
The Philosopher and the Seamstress
How Schopenhauer assaulted a woman and ended up in court
Dec 28, 2024 • Jeremy Stangroom
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