In the quantum realm, the past, present, and future blur into a boundless structure. But consciousness may operate on a plane ...

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Let’s go back to Plato and his cave. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” from the Republic, helps us understand populism in the U.S. today and its role in Donald Trump’s rise. The ...

In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little ...

Singer and writer Nick Cave has told how he was 'repelled' by work after the sudden death of his son as he revealed his family are now the driving force behind his creativity. In a candid and wide ...

Cave’s 15-year-old son, Arthur, died in 2015 after falling from a cliff in Brighton. In 2022, Cave’s eldest son, Jethro Lazenby, died in Melbourne aged 31. Speaking to Laverne, the frontman of ...

Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“ ...

Singer and writer Nick Cave says the death of his two sons made him realise that art was not everything, and that responsibility to his wife and family now drive him. The Australian musician told ...

Nick Cave has spoken again about the death of his two sons, admitting that their passing made him realise that work is not the “be-all and end-all of everything”. His 15-year-old son Arthur ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ...