Thucydides the perspicacious
Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all states. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays ...
3 Elo 21min
Resist the technocrats
Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
31 Heinä 25min
How art invented humanity
When early humans first painted cave walls, they began to find out who they really were: our minds emerged from our images. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
30 Heinä 29min
The light narrows
My father’s death sent me to the jiu-jitsu mat. Then came defeat, low testosterone and the lure of a chemical cheat code. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays ...
28 Heinä 29min
The taming of Black thought
Black philosophers now feature on Western curricula, but the European tradition diminishes their radicalism into reassurance. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
27 Heinä 24min
Signal then storm
Allan Basbaum has spent 50 years searching the nervous system for the places where pain begins – and where it can be stopped. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
24 Heinä 28min
The savage bites back
Rooted in Brazilian modernism, anthropophagy devours and transforms culture, subverting colonial fears of cannibalism. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays tha...
23 Heinä 23min
The people’s atheist
Jean Meslier, a rural French priest, argued that religion is designed to produce subjects who will automatically obey. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays tha...
21 Heinä 22min
