"The common purpose of the city is human flourishing", Aristotle once wrote. We may not think of it every day, but philosophy and the city are strongly related. That is the main message of the book 'Philosophy and the city', edited by Sharon M. Meagher. She rightly shows that even today's belief that the problems of cities are too great to solve demonstrates the importance and influence of philosophy on our cities. After all, "anti-urban attitudes are shaped by a system of philosophical thought", she says. In this book, Meagher takes the reader through the history of the relationship between philosophy and the city. It provides food for thought for those practitioners, academics or students who would like to view urban issues from a different perspective.