Does she have a coherent philosophy? Taylor Swift’s newest album has shattered records to bring her to new heights of fame. Some say this is because she is a thinker for our age.
Swift reveals meaning behind her new songs
Tortured Poet: The billionaire singer’s reflections have even been compared to the works of Socrates. Glossary
Aristotle - A student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great and the father of political philosophy.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - An 18th Century Swiss philosopher whose book Reveries of the Solitary Walker extolled the virtues of being alone in nature.
John Rawls - An American political philosopher who was extremely influential in the development of 20th-Century liberalism.
Jean-Paul Sartre - A French philosopher who is perhaps the most famous name associated with existentialism. He was married to Simone de Beauvoir.
Michel Foucault - A 20th Century French philosopher, activist and writer who studied the relationship between power and knowledge.
GWF Hegel - An influential figure in German idealism and 19th Century philosophy.
Matty Healy - An English singer-songwriter and member of the band The 1975.
Marcel Proust - A French novelist who lived from 1871 to 1922.
Madeleine - A small, sweet butter cake.
Post-mortem - A medical examination of a body after death, to establish why a person died.
Existentialist - A form of philosophy exploring the meaning of human existence.