There is a chasm in modern philosophy so broad that only a handful of voices have managed to be heard on both sides. Each is…
Scientists, philosophers and children have long been mesmerised by the peculiar penchant of moths to self-immolate. After many millennia of musings, modern science is finally…
You’ll often hear it said that Buddhism isn’t a religion, it’s a philosophy. This type of argument plays well in justifying Buddhism to a society…
Philosophy is born of the marriage of two Greek words, philos- and sophia. Philos is one of Ancient Greek’s many words for love, while sophia…
There is a type of temperament that, when mixed with philosophy, produces a very interesting flowering of the human condition. Diogenes the Cynic is one…
The history of philosophy is a tapestry composed of colourful characters. If there was a distinction for the most eccentric and colourful among this peculiar…
There are many fruitful comparisons between Socrates and the Roman Senator/Stoic philosopher Cato the Younger. Some of these are amusing superficial comparisons: both men were…
Diogenes of Sinope was a contemporary of Plato and Alexander the Great. He was famous for his radical philosophy that discarded status, possessions and the…
I shall probe these things more thoroughly and severely in another connection (under the title “On the History of European Nihilism;” it will be contained…
So the vital strength of his spirit won through, and he made his way far outside the flaming walls of the world and ranged over…