Category: philosophy
In an age when religion, nationality, and other ideologies are exhausting their shelf lives at an ever-accelerating pace, what remains for us as a purpose in life? Plato had …
The chest is a cage—am I inside it?Neither inside the cage nor outside, but in the resisting cry of a folk song; in this boundless universe, I am the …
… Y: Is this really what we’re concerned with? Is our goal to sound intellectual? M: You’re misrepresenting it. If the description is flawed, analysis becomes impossible. Otherwise, all …
What is a Philosophical Essay? A philosophical essay is the most refined field of inquiry that liberates concepts from blindly accepted patterns, generates original ideas by confronting opposing views, …
Socrates spent his life emphasizing the importance of knowledge. Yet what he meant was not propositional knowledge or mere information, but the knowledge of “being good” — the knowledge …
“Leaving it to time” is an expression that means letting things follow their natural course, trusting the flow of events, allowing room for maturation, and permitting situations to shape …
The question “Is doubt good?” can be answered depending on what is meant by doubt. Doubt is generally useful because it allows us to check and verify. Thinking in …
Tractatus Logico Philosophicus Philosophical Investigations
Philosophy: Good or Bad? We previously stated that philosophy is not a single thing. A symbol used in hundreds of different meanings can be good or bad—it depends on …
Knowing and Doubt We do not know, yet we must live as if we do. We assume there is air when we breathe and ground when we step forward. …