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Articles by subject: thinkers

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.
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