by Aashisha Chakraborty | Essays
The final one in the Ironist series – air – the silent carrier of truth, lies, and everything in between. Today, we conclude the Ironist series on the fourth element – air. Invisible, omnipresent, and so essential. Moving through us without fanfare....
by Jonathan Bennett | Essays
Jonathan Bennet talks about surefooted stances in the world of shoes and the not-so-surefooted stances of those who argue about them. Among the lesser church councils of the thirteenth century—those trivial, haphazard regional gatherings of abbots and prelates...
by Aashisha Chakraborty | Essays
Welcome back to the Ironist series. Today, we delve into the third ironist – the earth, humble but powerful. Having absorbed human ambitions with geological patience, it has witnessed empires crumble to dust, ideologies sink into nothingness and kingdoms pass like...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Essays
Can’t get enough of irony, can we? So, we created a club. Welcome one and all! We would like to thank you for subscribing to The Ironist and for your kind encouragement over the past two years. It has meant more to us than we can easily say. As a result, we have...
by Jonathan Bennett | Essays
In the Angel of the Archive series by Jonathan Bennett, this one is about a footnote that baffled generations. In 1723, a minor German philosopher named Johann Andreas Grüber published a dense metaphysical and epistemological treatise entitled De Tenebris Rationis...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Essays
The new year is here… As the year turns, I find myself thinking about what we carry forward and what truly matters. The grand sweep of The Lord of the Rings enthralled me in high school. I had read it two or three times by the time I reached university. It was...
