Looking for Wisdom

The Indian philosopher Jaimini, founder of the Mīmāṃsā tradition, on why religious ritual is its own justification.

Desmond Tutu, and the idea of ubuntu: we are, because we belong.

A Looking for Wisdom exclusive interview with philosopher Andy West, about prison, shame, freedom and philosophy.

The trouble with pleasure, according to the philosopher Epicurus, is that we're not very good at it.

An alternative theory of gift-giving, drawing on philosophy from the Tanimbar islands of Indonesia, and from the philosophical traditions of India.

Christmas is on the way, and you are facing your biggest philosophical challenge of the year: what gift do you get for a man like Uncle Pedro?

The philosopher Chrysippus believed that emotions are not things that happen to us, but things that we do. This means that we can bring emotion under the control of reason.