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I'm interviewed in the Irish Times today, pontificating on the virtues of a BA Arts Degree. We need the humanities more than ever. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Ypiists of the world, unite! Some pics of my lecture yesterday on 'The Political Philosophy of Lea Ypi' at the Clonmel Philosophy Society.
Tomorrow in Clonmel, a small town in Ireland, County Tipperary, the focus will be on The Political Philosophy of Lea Ypi.
Mercantilism is back. This is not the time to embrace neutrality. Yes, I'm looking at you, Ireland.
My piece on Trump, mercantilism, and what the EU needs to do about it. Including a shout out to Federico Varese. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Happy birthday, Antonio Gramsci. Born on this day in 1891, died in a Fascist prison in 1937. One of his most famous quotes was true in the 1930s, and it's still true today in the 2020s:
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters".
My analysis in @irishexaminer.bsky.social on patience, from Heraticlus to Montaigne to Hegel, all in less than 1000 words because no one has the patience to read anything longer these days.
Patience is good for democracy, just as tyranny feeds off impatience.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
January 3rd, Cicero's birthday. Also today, Trump's kidnapping of Venezuelan president Maduro, in Venezuela.
How are Cicero and Trump related? Read here:
theconversation.com/a-short-hist...
A symposium on my book 'Why Cicero Matters' has just been published online, with analysis by some of the most eminent classics scholars in the world: Victoria Rimell, Gesine Manuwald, Scott F. Aikin, Massimo Pigliucci, Lynn Fotheringham.
syndicate.network/symposia/phi...
A golden sky on Blue-sky. No filters. This is Anzio, near Rome, taken from a spot in close proximity to where Cicero had his villa. Smart guy this Cicero fella.
On Dec. 7th, 43 B.C., Roman philosopher and statesman was assassinated. The Roman Republic died with Cicero. He was killed by his enemies: populist, capricious authoritarians. Fast forward 2068 years...the rest is history repeating itself.
Writing about immigration in @irishexaminer.bsky.social Govt taking a risk with tougher talk & policies. May look like it's following public opinion but Irish econ is hugely dependent on intrnl labour. Few parties have out flanked the right on migration & won www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Excellent analysis
Join me on a live podcast next Thursday, November 20th, to celebrate World Philosophy Day.
Are you in Cork City today? Why not pop along to Horgan's Quay 1 / T23 PPT8 near the Dean Hotel and visit the Mapping Climate Change exhibition. Open today until 4pm.
Open until 6th Dec:
Tue, Wed, Fri 12 – 4pm
Thur 4 – 7pm
Sat 10am – 4pm
Closed Sun / Mon
There is only one take from the presidential election in Ireland: Catherine Connolly won by a HUGE margin. It was a POSITIVE campaign, and the LEFT candidate won fair and square.
The rest is minor details: spoiled votes, Jim Garvin, etc. is just background noise.
It's election day in Ireland. Go out and vote 🗳.
Yup, caught in the act, yet again, far-right bashing, this time on the far-right threat to public health.
Thomas Hobbes conference in Malmesbury (of course), March 2026. Spread the word. Send a paper proposal. Tell your students.
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters
With Catherine Connolly (future president of Ireland), John Maher, my daughter Natalie, and her friend Lidia.
Some people are expensive. Others are cheap. Me? I'm free.
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Sorry I missed you at UCC yesterday, teaching got in the way of things.
If you are in Dublin on Saturday 27 September, come along to this free event! I'll be in conversation with the amazing Justine McCarthy of The Irish Times as part of the Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland 2025.
Canvassing with John Maher (Labour) for the next President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly.
If you liked 'Free', you will love 'Indignity'. I read both. In this interview Lea Ypi says: "every voice out there is always a result of some power relation". Her book explores the indignity of dominant power relations, and yet there is always moral freedom. A beautiful book by a remarkable writer.
Hospitals in Gaza reported that eight people – including three children – died from starvation and malnutrition in the last 24 hours.
My piece for RTE Brainstorm on how Netanyahu's politics of starvation is starving human rights:
My piece on the politics of hunger and starvation in Gaza:
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
