What is Phenomenology?
The Philosophy of Husserl and Heidegger
Phenomenology is a school of philosophy that originated in the [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy
The origins of the modern divide in philosophy
There is a chasm in modern philosophy so broad that [...]
American Diogenes – Henry David Thoreau’s Living Philosophy
Philosophy’s not about having “subtle thoughts” but about loving wisdom so much that you “live according to its dictates”
There is a type of temperament that, when mixed [...]
Empedocles of Acragas: Philosopher, Poet, Shaman
The Ancient Greek philosopher who developed the first theory of evolution
The history of philosophy is a tapestry composed of colourful [...]
The Forgotten Father of Roman Stoicism
The Living Philosophy of Cato the Younger — the Roman Socrates
There are many fruitful comparisons between Socrates and the Roman [...]