Essay

Raising the Cross: a new direction

RIP to the Wisdom Dojo

Sep 3, 2025 • Mahon McCann

Why young people are returning to Christianity: the dark secret at the heart of the secular world

digging in the recent rise in religious conversion and the addictions and existential woes that are driving it

Jul 16, 2025 • Mahon McCann

Plato's Republic, Book 3 | Education & The Noble Lie

Book three of the Plato's Republic series on education, the rulers and the noble lie

May 27, 2025 • Mahon McCann

15:33

The Intelligibility Argument for God

The first of a series of essays on my conversion, starting with the biggest scalp there is: why the God of classical theism is unavoidable and…

May 2, 2025 • Mahon McCann

Plato's Republic Book Two: Is Justice Truly Better Than Injustice?

A blogpost version of lecture 3 on Book 2

Apr 4, 2025 • Mahon McCann

Plato’s Republic Book One: Understanding the Nature of Justice

Edited and tidied up essay on book one of The Republic

Mar 4, 2025 • Mahon McCann

How Plato Solves The Meaning Crisis

Edited essay version of the first Plato lecture

Jan 30, 2025 • Mahon McCann

Meaning in Life (the complete series)

The full "meaning in life" series with some refinements in one post

Nov 14, 2024 • Mahon McCann

What is the Attention Economy? And Why is it such a problem?

New article written for RTE Brainstorm

Apr 5, 2024 • Mahon McCann

Essay: A Philosophical Guide To Self-Development (Part 12)

Final part of the series before the August break

Jul 27, 2023 • Mahon McCann

25:18

Essay: How To Develop Meta-Cognition & Moral Grounding (Part 11)

Part eleven of the Philosophical Guide to Self-Development series

Jun 1, 2023 • Mahon McCann

16:03

Essay: Peterson's Solution To The Meaning Crisis (Part 10)

Part 10 for the Philosophical Guide To Self-Development Series

May 18, 2023 • Mahon McCann

17:13

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