The relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche and music offers valuable insight into his philosophical development. From his youth,...
Philosophy
This category gathers our essays on philosophy, from ancient Greece to modern thought. We explore the great questions of knowledge, ethics, freedom, God and society through the lives and ideas of the thinkers who shaped them.
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Nature, Matter, and God in Giordano Bruno: An Examination of the Unity of the Universe
Giordano Bruno’s Venetian Trial: From a Philosophical Dispute to an Inquisition Case
Giordano Bruno’s Renaissance Philosophy: Ancient Wisdom and the Search for New Ideas
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: Surveillance, Discipline, and the Rise of the Modern Prison 
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: Surveillance, Discipline, and the Rise of the Modern Prison
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975) offers an influential analysis of the...
Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus published Historische Entwicklung der spekulativen Philosophie von Kant bis Hegel in 1837. This work...
Most people treat anxiety as a problem to eliminate. Søren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher, offered a...
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 -1860) was a German philosopher whose ethical theory placed compassion at the center of...
The rivalry between Arthur Schopenhauer and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel represents one of the most striking intellectual...
Philosophy Beyond the Classroom When we imagine ancient philosophy, we often picture quiet schools, formal lectures, and...
Socratic irony represents one of the most distinctive features of Socrates’ philosophical method. Rather than presenting himself...
Socrates remains one of the most influential figures in the history of Western philosophy. His trial and...
The Philosopher Who Wrote Nothing Socrates remains one of the most influential figures in the history of...
