British Journal for the History of Philosophy

BJHP is a journal sponsored by the British Society for the History of Philosophy. The following text explains the aims and scope of the journal:

“publishes articles and reviews on the history of philosophy and related intellectual history from the ancient world to the early decades of the 20th Century. The journal is designed to foster understanding of the history of philosophy through studying the texts of past philosophers in the context – intellectual, political and social – in which the text was created.

Although focusing on the recognized classics, a feature of the journal is to give attention to less major figures and to disciplines other than philosophy which impinge on the history of philosophy including political theory, religion and the natural sciences in so far as they illuminate the history of philosophy. Articles cover the history of European philosophy.”

Works of Pierre Hadot

For students of Neo-Platonism, the works of Pierre Hadot are indispensable. His Philosophy as a Way of Life is a classic that no undergraduate student of philosophy can ignore. Those who are yet to discover Hadot’s works may find the following links useful:

• The Wikipedia article on Hadot is here.
• The Harvard University Press page for What is Ancient Philosophy? Reviews of What is Ancient Philosophy? can be found here, here, and here.
• The Harvard University Press page for The Veil of Isis: An Essay on the History of the Idea of Nature. You can read a review of this book here.
• The Harvard University Press page for The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. You can read a review of this book here.
• The University of Chicago Press page for Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision.

Raymond Geuss’s new book

Though Professor Geuss’s new book, Philosophy and Real Politics, unlike his Public Goods, Private Goods, is not an exercise in history of ideas, readers may still find this book interesting.