Most seemed to mix it up with psychology, or else they thought it was something to do with the New Age. Last of all, it seemed to offer the prospect of a good laugh. I could tell even at that stage that publishing a magazine would be a lot of effort, and wasn't prepared to do it if it wasn't going to be fun. 1.2 Thoughts on what contents should be like. Trying to reconcile the interests of readers who knew something about the subject, readers who knew a great deal about the subject, and readers who knew absolutely nothing about it.
Philosophy is an activity .
My favourite saying. In contrast to history or archaeology, it cannot be studied in a purely passive way. To understand the theories of the great philosophers, you have to engage with their ideas and argue against them. I used to think I was being moderately original by saying that philosophy was an activity, but last month it was pointed out to me that the Bluffers' Guide to Philosophy says exactly the same thing, and I suspect I may have got the idea from there in the first place. However, it is true.