Among the earliest meditations on the relationship between the body and soul are the dialogues of Socrates. Drawing from three different works—Plato’s Apology, Phaedo, and Xenophon’s Memorabilia—Socrates argues for the broad moral appeal of improving one’s body, the significance of which far exceeds the domain
There must be more in our mental health toolkit than the language and mechanisms for self-diagnosis.
Economist editor Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, explains to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why biology must trump politics when it comes to defining who is a woman and who is a man.
Dear Quilletter, On Friday night we celebrated Quillette at our social event in Sydney. It's safe to say it was an absolute blast, and it brought us immense pleasure to bring together such great people. For those of you in Europe and the US, don't get
I spent years campaigning for a law that would protect gay youth from the ‘corrective’ abuse that I’d once endured. Then the trans-rights lobby got involved.
It is not science fiction to imagine that Section 319 and other as-yet-undrafted Canadian “anti-hate” laws will metastasize.
Capitulation or Bloody Resistance?
The public conversation about demographic change is hypocritical and destructive.
After paring back the useless majors, ideologies, and gimmicks, the true purpose of college becomes clear.
The Ukrainian war has made Manning’s writing more relevant now than at any time since it was written.
A lovingly restored 1979 film excavates the lost history of American radicalism.
In the US it’s hard to imagine nuclear power playing anything more than a minimal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which makes projected goals for 2030 and beyond difficult to achieve.
The Uyghurs have the potential to threaten China's national unity, which is the real reason we are seeing the largest incarceration of an ethnic or religious minority since the Holocaust.
Kirchick’s book is a reminder of a shameful past, but its very existence is also evidence of the progress that the West’s democracies have made in the years since.
Dear All, This week, we offer an eclectic, timely selection of pieces, including curated responses to our recent roundtable on moral expertise, and a terrific essay by Paul Berman on Iranian-American poet, Roya Hakakian. Also be sure to check out our editorial on the disgraceful firing of Joshua T. Katz,