Vittorio Bufacchi
@vittorio66.bsky.social
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland.
Latest book: 'Why Cicero Matters' (Bloomsbury 2023).
v.bufacchi@ucc.ie
Latest book: 'Why Cicero Matters' (Bloomsbury 2023).
v.bufacchi@ucc.ie
Are you in Cork City today? Why not pop along to Horgan's Quay 1 / T23 PPT8 near the Dean Hotel and visit the Mapping Climate Change exhibition. Open today until 4pm.
Open until 6th Dec:
Tue, Wed, Fri 12 – 4pm
Thur 4 – 7pm
Sat 10am – 4pm
Closed Sun / Mon
Open until 6th Dec:
Tue, Wed, Fri 12 – 4pm
Thur 4 – 7pm
Sat 10am – 4pm
Closed Sun / Mon
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Are you in Cork City today? Why not pop along to Horgan's Quay 1 / T23 PPT8 near the Dean Hotel and visit the Mapping Climate Change exhibition. Open today until 4pm.
Open until 6th Dec:
Tue, Wed, Fri 12 – 4pm
Thur 4 – 7pm
Sat 10am – 4pm
Closed Sun / Mon
Open until 6th Dec:
Tue, Wed, Fri 12 – 4pm
Thur 4 – 7pm
Sat 10am – 4pm
Closed Sun / Mon
There is only one take from the presidential election in Ireland: Catherine Connolly won by a HUGE margin. It was a POSITIVE campaign, and the LEFT candidate won fair and square.
The rest is minor details: spoiled votes, Jim Garvin, etc. is just background noise.
The rest is minor details: spoiled votes, Jim Garvin, etc. is just background noise.
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is only one take from the presidential election in Ireland: Catherine Connolly won by a HUGE margin. It was a POSITIVE campaign, and the LEFT candidate won fair and square.
The rest is minor details: spoiled votes, Jim Garvin, etc. is just background noise.
The rest is minor details: spoiled votes, Jim Garvin, etc. is just background noise.
It's election day in Ireland. Go out and vote 🗳.
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It's election day in Ireland. Go out and vote 🗳.
Yup, caught in the act, yet again, far-right bashing, this time on the far-right threat to public health.
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Yup, caught in the act, yet again, far-right bashing, this time on the far-right threat to public health.
Thomas Hobbes conference in Malmesbury (of course), March 2026. Spread the word. Send a paper proposal. Tell your students.
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters
October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thomas Hobbes conference in Malmesbury (of course), March 2026. Spread the word. Send a paper proposal. Tell your students.
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters
With Catherine Connolly (future president of Ireland), John Maher, my daughter Natalie, and her friend Lidia.
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
With Catherine Connolly (future president of Ireland), John Maher, my daughter Natalie, and her friend Lidia.
Some people are expensive. Others are cheap. Me? I'm free.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Some people are expensive. Others are cheap. Me? I'm free.
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If you are in Dublin on Saturday 27 September, come along to this free event! I'll be in conversation with the amazing Justine McCarthy of The Irish Times as part of the Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland 2025.
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you are in Dublin on Saturday 27 September, come along to this free event! I'll be in conversation with the amazing Justine McCarthy of The Irish Times as part of the Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland 2025.
Canvassing with John Maher (Labour) for the next President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly.
September 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Canvassing with John Maher (Labour) for the next President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly.
Having read all four Sally Rooney's novels, this is how I rate them:
1. Intermezzo
2. Normal People
3. Conversations with Friends
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Tell me if you agree or disagree.
1. Intermezzo
2. Normal People
3. Conversations with Friends
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Tell me if you agree or disagree.
August 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Having read all four Sally Rooney's novels, this is how I rate them:
1. Intermezzo
2. Normal People
3. Conversations with Friends
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Tell me if you agree or disagree.
1. Intermezzo
2. Normal People
3. Conversations with Friends
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Tell me if you agree or disagree.
Walking for many miles between the dry stone walls of Inis Meain, on the Aran Islands, trying to make sense of Gramsci's distinction between dialectical materialism and historical materialism.
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Walking for many miles between the dry stone walls of Inis Meain, on the Aran Islands, trying to make sense of Gramsci's distinction between dialectical materialism and historical materialism.
I'm at Cork Opera House since 4am, watching the mesmerising Eileen Walsh in 'The Second Woman'. Possibly the most incredible thing I've ever seen on stage. Part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
June 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I'm at Cork Opera House since 4am, watching the mesmerising Eileen Walsh in 'The Second Woman'. Possibly the most incredible thing I've ever seen on stage. Part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
The three-days 'Why Cicero Matters' ClassicsFest finished last night, but the banner is still up, and I'm still on a high. Seven events, including talks, debates, an oratory competition, and a theatrical reenactment of a Cicero trial. Life doesn't get better than that.
@classicsforall.bsky.social
@classicsforall.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The three-days 'Why Cicero Matters' ClassicsFest finished last night, but the banner is still up, and I'm still on a high. Seven events, including talks, debates, an oratory competition, and a theatrical reenactment of a Cicero trial. Life doesn't get better than that.
@classicsforall.bsky.social
@classicsforall.bsky.social
Starts tomorrow, 15-17 May. See you in Newcastle.
@litandphil.bsky.social
@litandphil.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Starts tomorrow, 15-17 May. See you in Newcastle.
@litandphil.bsky.social
@litandphil.bsky.social
Starts this Thursday, in Newcastle, at The Lit & Phil: 'Why Cicero Matters'.
@litandphil.bsky.social
@litandphil.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Starts this Thursday, in Newcastle, at The Lit & Phil: 'Why Cicero Matters'.
@litandphil.bsky.social
@litandphil.bsky.social
Philosophy meets rap music. My piece in today's Irish Times on Kneecap, Wittgenstein, Charles Taylor, and Hannah Arendt.
May 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Philosophy meets rap music. My piece in today's Irish Times on Kneecap, Wittgenstein, Charles Taylor, and Hannah Arendt.
This is not a popular view, but this is why I believe in more military spending across Europe. In the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today.
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is not a popular view, but this is why I believe in more military spending across Europe. In the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today.
I'm holding a first 'head' edition of Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651. In Malmesbury, at the Thomas Hobbes Festival last weekend. Life can be sweet.
April 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I'm holding a first 'head' edition of Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651. In Malmesbury, at the Thomas Hobbes Festival last weekend. Life can be sweet.
In Malmesbury, UK, I found the perfect pizza. Four books in the 'Leviathan ', four sections in the pizza.
April 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In Malmesbury, UK, I found the perfect pizza. Four books in the 'Leviathan ', four sections in the pizza.
Happy birthday Thomas Hobbes 🎂
Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
April 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy birthday Thomas Hobbes 🎂
Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Tomorrow I'm giving a talk on Hobbes and 'The Hunger Games', in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. And today I find that the local bookshop in Malmesbury has done this! A whole window! That's me with Amanda, owner of the fabulous Barn Owl Books.
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tomorrow I'm giving a talk on Hobbes and 'The Hunger Games', in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. And today I find that the local bookshop in Malmesbury has done this! A whole window! That's me with Amanda, owner of the fabulous Barn Owl Books.
Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, but "may the odds be ever in your favor”.
My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury).
See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events
My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury).
See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events
March 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, but "may the odds be ever in your favor”.
My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury).
See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events
My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury).
See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events
Political theorists! Have you ever seen a 1st edition of Hobbes' masterpiece "Leviathan"? Would you like to see it? It's on show at the Thomas Hobbes Festival, April 4-6, 2025. Come to Malmesbury! I'll be giving a talk on Hobbes & The Hunger Games on Hobbes' birthday, April 5th.
March 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Political theorists! Have you ever seen a 1st edition of Hobbes' masterpiece "Leviathan"? Would you like to see it? It's on show at the Thomas Hobbes Festival, April 4-6, 2025. Come to Malmesbury! I'll be giving a talk on Hobbes & The Hunger Games on Hobbes' birthday, April 5th.
This is a book I've read. This is also a book the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hasn't read, but should read.
P.S. those who follow Italian politics will understand the meaning of this photo.
P.S. those who follow Italian politics will understand the meaning of this photo.
March 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a book I've read. This is also a book the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hasn't read, but should read.
P.S. those who follow Italian politics will understand the meaning of this photo.
P.S. those who follow Italian politics will understand the meaning of this photo.
My piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social, a chance to revisit my book 'Everything Must Change: Philosophical Lessons from Lockdown', published in 2021 by @manchesterup.bsky.social.
Article here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Article here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social, a chance to revisit my book 'Everything Must Change: Philosophical Lessons from Lockdown', published in 2021 by @manchesterup.bsky.social.
Article here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Article here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...