Matthew Sharpe

The Roman Stoic Seneca is the author of many letters and dialogues that can help us overcome adversity.

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was anything but banal. His case is an apt reminder of how evil agents can deflect accountability, denying victims even the thin consolation of the moral high ground.

Written at a time when there were different norms around sexual morality, Plato’s Symposium is one of the principal sources of the Greek philosopher’s views on love and beauty.

One of the most influential philosophical works of the 20th century, Discipline and Punish is unsettlingly prescient in our age of digital surveillance.

Mussolini’s rise shows that strongmen are only as powerful as the democratic opposition allows. Failing to take them seriously enables their success.

First published in 1625, the British philosopher’s collected essays mix poetic aphorisms with prescient reflections on ‘false news’ and ‘cunning men’.

Bullet casings found at the scene of the shooting were inscribed with various messages linked to online gaming and meme subcultures.