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The latest and most popular Essays from Aeon. Longform articles on philosophy, psychology, science, society, history and the arts, written by the world’s leading thinkers.

Philosophy Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore life’s big questions and the history of ideas from Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir, political philosophy to philosophy of mind, the Western …

Society Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore big ideas from history, politics, economics, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology, and more.

Science Essays from Aeon. World-leading scientists and science writers explore topics from theories of evolution to theories of consciousness, quantum physics to deep time, chemistry to cosmology.

Feb 4, 2025 · The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting

Aug 21, 2025 · Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything

Mar 10, 2025 · It took centuries for people to embrace the zero. Now it’s helping neuroscientists understand how the brain perceives absences

May 27, 2025 · It runs deeply through the Western outlook, hailed and condemned in equal measures. For a corrective, look to Confucius

Mar 7, 2025 · In fact, she wrote an essay for Aeon, ‘ Beyond Anger ’ (2016), outlining with her customary clarity just why anger is an unreliable guide to action in both private and public realms.