Semiotics of Spirituality
What Zen Masters Know that We Don’t
In last week’s article, we looked at Ferdinand de Saussure’s [...]
What is Semiotics?
Ferdinand de Saussre's Linguistic Revolution
Semiotics is one of the cornerstones of so-called Continental Philosophy. [...]
The Life of Plato
The Biography of Philosophy's Father
Alfred North Whitehead once famously described the history of philosophy [...]
What is Empiricism?
The Philosophy of Locke, Berkeley and Hume
A few centuries before philosophy schismed between Analytic and Continental [...]
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Full Original Essay
“Ne te quæsiveris extra.” Man is his own star; [...]
Nihilism vs. Existentialism vs. Absurdism
The birth of Modernity’s Meaning Crisis and two responses to it
In the 19th and 20th centuries, modernity came into [...]
The 20th Century’s Greatest Philosopher’s Struggle with Suicide
How Bertrand Russell Saved Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein (image via Wikimedia: Public Domain) Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of [...]
The Living Philosophy of Simone Weil: Philosopher, Soldier, Saint
"the only great spirit of our times" - Albert Camus
The Philosopher is a category that encapsulates a number of [...]
Albert Camus vs. Jean-Paul Sartre
Their Friendship and the Bitter Feud That Ended It
In the wake of the Second World War, it [...]
“Twin Souls” — Nietzsche’s Constant Love of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Zarathustra and the Sage of Concord
The profound influence of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson on [...]