Alan Ryan’s colossal new history of political thought is an ambitious but engaging piece of scholarship

Richard Dawkins cannot grasp the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. This puts him at war not only with religion, but the entire tradition of Western philosophy

The financial crisis has produced a new wave of young libertarians but these radicals champion freedom over and above virtue

The Wealth of Nations should not be seen as separate from Smith's moral philosophy — it itself is a profoundly moral text