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Woman of substance (by Ann Oakley, May/June 2011 ): Barbara Wootton attended the League of Nations, helped abolish the death penalty and became a magistrate before she was eligible to vote. Ann Oakley reviews a truly remarkable career
Thinkers: Voltaire (by Ian Davidson, May/June 2010 ): Fame and fortune allowed the great 18th-century writer to challenge the powers of the state, says Ian Davidson
Head to head (by AC Grayling, January/February 2010 ): When we heard that Tzvetan Todorov, author of In Defence of the Enlightenment, was coming to London we couldn’t resist getting him together with our very own contemporary philosophe, AC Grayling, to discuss the new book and the legacy of the great 18th-century republic of letters
Testament by Jean Meslier (by Colin Brewer, January/February 2010 ): Colin Brewer admires the last testament of an atheist priest
Living the life (by Fred Inglis, November/December 2009 ): Should philosophers practise what they preach? And if so, who would deserve a contemporary nomination? asks Fred Inglis
Think again (by Nina Power, September/October 2009 ): Postmodern theory can be pretentious and overblown. But a series of reissues now attempts to reclaim its importance. Nina Power assesses its impact
Liberty, the Left and Lolita (by Jonathan Rée, July/August 2009 ): Jonathan Rée assesses the legacy of Isaiah Berlin, a man so clever he could understand his own writing
Freedom's foghorn (by Roger Davidson, May/June 2009 ): Happy Birthday Tom Paine: Jan 29. Here's something we prepared earlier...Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine, an inspirational ego
Thinkers: Face to face (by Roger Davidson, May/June 2008 ): Heidegger’s former disciple Emmanuel Levinas, a victim of Nazism, pioneered a humanism for the 21st century argues Roger Davidson
Thinker: Carl Jung (by Paul Bishop, January/February 2008 ): Underlying Carl Jung's brand of radical metaphysics, claims Paul Bishop, is a deep vein of rationalism
Thinkers: William Blake (by Shirley Dent, November/December 2007 ): William Blake was a confused failure but a great humanist, says Shirley Dent
Thinker: David Hume (by Julian Baggini, November/December 2006 ): Julian Baggini celebrates the pragmatic genius of David Hume
Thinker: William Shakespeare (by Brian McClinton, September/October 2006 ): Continuing our series of thinkers who have been important for humanism, Brian McClinton puts in a bid for Shakespeare.
Reasonable bounds (by AC Grayling, July/August 2006 ): Continuing our series reclaiming thinkers for humanism, AC Grayling celebrates Immanuel Kant
Pleasure principles (by Peter Cave, May/June 2006 ): In the second of our series on thinkers who are significant for humanism, Peter Cave marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Stuart Mill
Spinoza the atheist (by Steven Nadler, March/April 2006 ): This reconsideration by Steven Nadler is the first in a series on philosophers who have particular, if sometimes unacknowledged, significance for humanists.
How to defend the Enlightenment (by AC Grayling, Web Exclusive, January 2010): A full transcript of the discussion between Anthony Grayling and Tzvetan Todorov in London, December 2009