In last week’s article, we looked at Ferdinand de Saussure’s pioneering work on the structure of languages — a field which he called Semiology but…
Semiotics is one of the cornerstones of so-called Continental Philosophy. No tradition other than Phenomenology had more influence on shaping the landscape of this tradition…
Alfred North Whitehead once famously described the history of philosophy as being a series of footnotes to Plato. The breadth of topics and subjects that…
A few centuries before philosophy schismed between Analytic and Continental Philosophy, it was schismed between another two schools. The setup is much the same —…
“Ne te quæsiveris extra.” Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light,…
In the 19th and 20th centuries, modernity came into its fullness and with this maturation the vestiges of the religious worldview began to fall away…
Wittgenstein (image via Wikimedia: Public Domain) Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most brilliant geniuses of the 20th century and has been claimed by many as…
Simone Weil (image via Wikimedia: Public Domain) The Philosopher is a category that encapsulates a number of different types. There’s the theoretical masterminds like Aristotle, Kant…
In the wake of the Second World War, it was not only the urban landscape of Europe that was in ruins but the intellectual landscape.…
The profound influence of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson on Nietzsche is one of the most underestimated connections in the history of philosophy; as American…