Confucius laid great importance on the cultivation of knowledge and sincerity in thought and action for the self.
Plato’s philosophy was informed by Socrates and addresses a range of topics from the metaphysical to the everyday practical. Here are ten of his best breakthroughs in ancient Greek philosophy.
Dr. Tashko summarizes the Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, underlining its key ideas and impact in a brief and simple way.
The following guest post is by my graduate student Meghan Hawkins, who is a social studies teacher at Normal Community High School in Normal, Illinois. This essay on Derrida is Meghan's final paper for the "Philosophy of History and Historiography" course that is required of all our graduate students. She and her colleagues were charged with
“Dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies.” Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The organizational structures of societies throughout history do not, on the surface, seem to have many similarities in the way that they have governed themselves. Monarchies, democratic republics,…
December 2010 was a good month for Madame Blavatsky (1831-1891) who co-founded the Theosophical Society (TS) in New York in 1875. A website devoted to her influence, Blavatsky News, celebrated its …
The Arabic philosophical fable "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan" is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), an Andalusian philosopher, tells of a happy child raised by a doe on an equatorial island who grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaided - but also unimpeded - by society, language, or tradition. Hayy's discoveries about God, nature, and man challenge the values of the culture in which the tale was written as well as those of every contemporary society. Translator Lenn E. Goodman's commentary places "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan" in its historical and philosophical context. The volume features a new preface and index, as well as an updated bibliography.
Philosophy has become an unrespected field in modern society. This is unfortunate considering most of today's societal clashes could perhaps be more effectively debated from a philosophical perspective. Your personally held philosophies define who you are. Find out which famous philosopher your beliefs are consistent with by taking this quiz.
A reading of the role Neo-Platonic Philosophy plays in The Golden Ass.
The Allegory of the Cave Revisited: After the death of Socrates, Plato envisions a new society for Athens where… by wuko
From the iPhone 5S to corporate globalization, modern life is full of evidence of Marx's foresight
