Jules Evans

Jules Evans is a practical philosopher - carrying out academic research on ideas from different eras and cultures, then trying them out in his own life, and interviewing others to see how ideas have helped or harmed them.

From Stoicism to CBT, from Aristotle to ayahuasca, Jules' work gathers together the best wisdom to help people suffer less and flourish more.

His first first book, Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations, was a Times book of the year; exploring how people are rediscovering ancient Greek and Roman philosophies and how Greek philosophy (partiularly Stoicism) inspired Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). His second book, The Art of Losing Control, explores how people find ecstatic experiences in modern western culture.

Jules is a research fellow at a Wellcome Trust-funded project called Living with Feeling, at the Centre for the History of Emotions, Queen Mary University of London and for the last decade has helped to run the London Philosophy Club: the biggest philosophy club in the world, with over 10,000 members (as of April 2019). He has talked about philosophy on BBC 2’s Newsnight, the Culture Show, on BBC Radio 3 and 4, RTE-1 and ABC Australia; and is a BBC New Generation Thinker. He has also co-presented a podcast for Audible and has written for publications including the Financial Times, The Times, Aeon, the Guardian, the Spectator and WIRED. He has appeared as a speaker at events included the Month of Philosophy in Amsterdam, the Hay-On-Wye festival, the Galway Arts Festival,, Latitude, Burning Man, Wilderness, Bestival, the School of Life, the Sunday Assembly, the British Museum and the RSA.