Unthinkable: One of philosophy’s great debates may be down to a misunderstanding

A new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art strips back to a primal force

Unthinkable: Literature allows us capture ‘weirdness’ of life, says Matthew McKeever

Some psychologists insist 95% of families are dysfunctional, with the other 5% in denial

Having meaning is hugely important in an era in which our old props are pulled away

Lara Marlowe reports from the Promenade des Anglais, now possibly the world’s safest seafront

Unthinkable: Despite today’s fashion for talking in tweets, there’s life in the old art form

Coping: Nobel prize winner Joseph Brodsky has some advice for avoiding self-pity

Unthinkable: The German philosopher foresaw the rise of ‘petty politics’ in Europe, says author Hugo Drochon

Almost 80 years after his death, Berlin is acknowledging one of its most celebrated sons

This intense book eloquently makes the case for suicide not as an act to be pitilessly condemned, but a possibility for which any of us might be thankful, says Rob Doyle

Although he created some of the most powerful anti-war images ever seen, the German artist maintained an ambivalence about the conflict he volunteered for and survived

Next time Pádraig Mac Lochlainn will be paying more attention to northeast Donegal and his Inishowen base

Nietzsche believed expanding college access peddled the lie that all students were equally capable

Could it be that the Reformation was not about God at all, but about human beings?

Modern society is characterised not by a lack of values but rather a surplus, says philosopher Niall Keane

As the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tears