Discover the top 9 most influential philosophers in history. Learn about their lives and ideas, from Socrates to Confucius, and discover how their teachings continue to impact us today.

New translations of Wittgenstein, Bachmann, and more in today’s reading list. Her critical writings explore the interrelations of philosophy and poetry, politics and prose—all against the backdrop of ...

Modern philosophy is less interested in the lives great thinkers led than in the texts they produced. But once upon a time, writes James Miller, “philosophers were figures of wonder.” These august men ...

People outside the field often wonder what sort of research philosophers do. Philosophical research involves reading, analysis, thinking, responding to arguments, and developing and defending original ...