Philosophy

In the tradition of Ayn Rand’s essay “For the New Intellectual,” Osborne explains that knowing the history of how we got where we are today can teach us what we need to do to reestablish America’s original spirit—and the freedoms that flow from it.

As Ayn Rand wrote, “To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue.” With the wit of a Mark Twain and the jaundiced eye of a Richard Mitchell, David Stove practiced this virtue diligently and thus did philosophy a tremendous service.

Alex Epstein’s Human Flourishing Project is loaded with life-enhancing ideas. Here’s a resource to help you retain and implement them.

Locke’s intellectual honesty was the root of all of his achievements—and it’s on display in his newly uncovered “Reasons for Tolerateing Papists.”

Ditching Islam is a necessary step toward a truly human life for millions of Muslims all over the world, and Ex-Muslims of North America is helping many to take that step.

Those who built America—the freest and most moral country on earth—stood on the shoulders of John Locke. We who fight for individual rights and freedom today stand on his shoulders, too.

On the nature of intellectual independence, how it differs from independent thinking, and how to cultivate it so you can love your life to the fullest.

People who use this method do so because “they have no arguments, no evidence, no proof, no reason, no ground to stand on.” —Ayn Rand

Discovering a fact-based, reason-based morality requires shining the light of one’s own mind on the full scope of relevant facts and following the evidence wherever it leads.

Tim Blake Nelson’s excellent play retells the story of one of the West’s first great philosophers—Socrates.