Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ talks to us eloquently in this era of the pandemic and wild conspiracy theories

The darkly satirical 18th-century novella takes aim at human folly, pride and excessive faith in the ability of reason.

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation

· Mar 28, 2021 · 05:30 pm

What is cultural Marxism and is it really taking over universities everywhere?

There has been a relative decline of Marxist thought in academia in the last four decades, numbers show.

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation

· Sep 18, 2020 · 11:30 pm

How to get over lockdown woes during the pandemic? Stoic philosophy can show us the way

Philosophers like Seneca, Musonius Rufus and Epictetus say that it is not just the events in the world that make people suffer.

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation

· Aug 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm