A new issue of Plato is out, including Arnaud Mace (UFC): The New Frontier: Philosophy of Nature in Platonic Studies at the Beginning of the XXIth Century; and a review essay on "Socratic" dialogues. A review of Reason and Persuasion: Three Dialogues by Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I by John Holbo. The first chapter from Descartes's Changing Mind by Peter Machamer and J. E. McGuire. From Kritika & Kontext, leading Spinoza experts discuss the seventeenth-century philosopher's relevance today. A review of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue by Ryan Patrick Hanley. A review of The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding by Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott. Why Rousseau still matters: Christopher Bertram argues that understanding self-love is essential to solving the big political problems we face today. A review of Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim: A Critical Guide. A review of Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy by Arthur Ripstein. A review of Kant and the Limits of Autonomy by Susan Meld Shell. Seizing power from the divine: Nicholas Rescher argues that Kant’s radicalism is widely underestimated. A review of Kierkegaard, Metaphysics and Political Theory: Unfinished Selves by Alison Assiter (and more). A review of Pious Nietzsche: Decadence and Dionysian Faith by Bruce Ellis Benson. The problem of dogmatism: Oskari Kuusela on why Wittgenstein rejected theories. The introduction to Taking Wittgenstein at His Word: A Textual Study by Robert J. Fogelin.
