Jonathan
Egid
Writing
I write essays and review books about philosophy, history, politics and other subjects, including currently a book about the 17th century Ethiopian philosopher Zär’a Ya‛ǝqob, and the question of whether or not he existed.
See below for a list of selected published work and forthcoming projects.
History / Philosophy
On two new translations of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Times Literary Supplement, February 2024
History / Philosophy
Forging Philosophy
On Anonymity and Pseudonimity in the History of Philosophy
Aeon, December 2023
History / Philosophy
A Novelist's Philosopher
On Laura Beatty's Looking for Theophrastus
Times Literary Supplement, January 2023
Drinks
On free will and determinism in Raymond Tallis' Freedom: an Impossible Reality
New Humanist, May 2022
Healthy
Pseudoscience as Policy
On anti-semitism, anti-Black racism and Tudor Parfitt's Hybrid Hate
Times Literary Supplement, April 2022
Healthy
Total Liberation
On Adom Getachew's Worldmaking After Empire
New Humanist,
Summer Issue 2021
Healthy
Work-Life Balance
On ethical theory in Elijah Milgram's John Stuart Mill and the Meaning of Life
Times Literary Supplement, March 2021
Healthy
Maths Rules
On drowned mathematicians and unreason in Justin Smith-Ruiu's Irrationality
Times Literary Supplement, June 2020
History / Philosophy
The Prince and the Plunder
On Andrew Heavens' book about prince Alamayu of Ethiopia
New Humanist, January 2024
History / Philosophy
Questioning Language
On Clive Scott's The Philosophy of Literary Translation
Times Literary Supplement, December 2023
Mains
On reading Ethiopian manuscripts in rural Minnesota
Journal of the History of Ideas Blog, 2022
Healthy
On metaphors for thought in Jonardon Ganeri's Inwardness: a Guide for Outsiders
Times Literary Supplement, February 2022
Healthy
Abstract Egalitarianism
On liberalism and Katrina Forrester's In the Shadow of Justice
Radical Philosophy,
Winter Issue 2021
Healthy
Words Divide, Pictures Unite!
On logical positivism in David Edmonds' The Murder of Professor Schlick
Times Literary Supplement, May 2021
Healthy
The Study of All Things
On whether philosophy is a science, and Timothy Williamson's Doing Philosophy
New Humanist,
Winter Issue 2020
Healthy
Making a Mingle Mangle
On English-language philosophising in Jonathan Rée's Witcraft
Times Literary Supplement, Sugust 2019