Nietzsche: The Many Uses of the Gods
How the Ancient Greeks used their gods to stave off guilt
We are used to the association between the religious and [...]
The Philosopher’s Philosopher: Heraclitus of Ephesus
The paradoxical philosopher beloved by Socrates, Plato, Hegel, Nietzsche and Heidegger
Heraclitus of Ephesus is a philosopher’s philosopher. He was beloved [...]
Power | Michel Foucault’s Groundbreaking Theory of Power
What Foucault really meant by the term Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that to be great is [...]
The Four Quadrants: A Map of All Knowledge
Ken Wilber's map of knowledge and the human experience
Ken Wilber’s model of the Four Quadrants is the centrepiece [...]
Trust Yourself: Emerson’s Self-Reliance
The Buddha of the West's greatest essay
Emerson’s essay Self-Reliance was one of the first pieces of [...]
The Myth of the Individual: ‘I’ is a Plural
Jung, Nietzsche and the population of the underworld
Why is it that, so often, when we commit to [...]
Why Baudrillard Hated the Matrix
And why he was wrong
“The Matrix is surely the kind of film about the [...]
What is Metamodernism?
The era that follows postmodernity
“Let’s just say it: it’s over” Linda Hutcheon, The Politics [...]
“God is Dead” — What Nietzsche Really Meant
Not a statement of atheism but a warning of nihilism
“God is dead,” surely Nietzsche’s notorious soundbite (in a portfolio [...]
Semiotics of Spirituality
What Zen Masters Know that We Don’t
In last week’s article, we looked at Ferdinand de Saussure’s [...]