Matthew Sharpe receives funding from the ARC for work on the history of philosophy as a way of life. Asked what was presently vexing him, the bard’s troubled Hamlet replies “words, words, words”. Here ...

Humanism was the particular glory of the Renaissance. The recovery, translation, and dissemination of the literatures of antiquity created a new excitement, displaying so vividly the accomplishments ...

To consider humanism now requires understanding how it played out in a system of global finance that institutionalized the extraction of natural resources from other lands, keeping in mind that ...

Near the start of her account of humanism, Sarah Bakewell draws an important distinction. Anti-humanists, she writes, despise the material world and seek either to escape it using religion or remake ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Sarah Bakewell was a humanist before she even knew what it meant. In fact, the philosophy known as humanism — with its emphasis on human connection and moral responsibility — can have a variety of ...

I have not touched a musical instrument with serious performative intent since around the age of 10, when I took my acceptable rendition of “Popeye the Sailor Man” at the local piano recital as a ...

Humanism may seem to be the most legible explanation of the universe and our actions within it, but is the concept still relevant? As a reminder, "Humanism is a hospitality of the heart and spirit to ...