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Rationale Magazine 09/01/2026

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Jemima McPhee 06/01/2026

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the ...

Rationale Magazine 31/12/2025

At the end of each year, we bring you the top articles that have captivated our members and readers the ...

Christopher Finlay 29/12/2025

Sales of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) rocketed when Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election. Nearly ...

Matthe Sharpe 21/12/2025

If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for ...

Elizabeth Dangerfield 17/12/2025

To me, empathy is being able to imagine, understand, and feel what it is like to be in another person’s ...