Of course, “How to Think Like a Woman” is more than a resuscitation of early modern philosophers who have been unjustly excised from the canon because of their sex.

So I took to studying the great thinkers myself, from Aristotle to Zeno—and contemporary philosophers as well. Here are the rules I’ve followed for doing so. 1.

In May of 2014, Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan visited Warsaw at the invitation of Polish philosopher Cezary Wodziński in order to deliver a lecture on freedom at the Royal Łazienki Park. The Trouble ...