Public art & sculpture · London
The Philosopher
The Philosopher — a public art in england-london, United Kingdom.
PAUL FARMER — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
The Philosopher is a public art located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Philosopher is a long-running periodical, established in 1923 by the Philosophical Society of England. Originally in print format, following a split in the mid-2010s the publication now exists in two competing formats.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Philosopher is a long-running periodical that was established in 1923 in order to provide a forum for new ideas across the entire range of philosophical topics, in the clearest and plainest language. Its first issue quoted A.S. Rappoport in A Primer of Philosophy (1904) that:<blockquote>There is a prevalent notion that philosophy is a pursuit to be followed only by expert thinkers on abstract subjects, that it deals with the pale ghosts of conceptions whose domain is abstract thought, but which have no application to real life. This is a mistake... Man sees the various phenomena of life and nature, forms conceptions and ideas, and then tries to reason and to find out the relation…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7678, 0.0931
- County
- Essex
- District
- Harlow
- Parish
- Harlow, unparished area
- Postcode
- CM20 1LS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harlow
- Official site
- www.the-philosopher.co.uk
Sources
- osm: node/9077440630 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: The Philosopher (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Philosopher?
- The Philosopher is in Essex, London, United Kingdom (postcode CM20 1LS), in the parish of Harlow, unparished area.
- Is The Philosopher free to visit?
- Yes, The Philosopher is free to enter.
- How do I get to The Philosopher?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CM20 1LS. It sits within the Harlow parliamentary constituency.