Taoism exerted a great influence during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), and the emperor Xuanzong decreed it...
Philosophy
We cannot help but wonder, what is he thinking? And why is he smiling? Introduction One of...
He wrote treatises and histories touching on a wide variety of subjects. Originally published by Newberry Digital...
Making sense of two of the ways in which love was organized in classical Greece. Abstract This...
Scholastic masters found themselves both constrained and enabled by institutions. Introduction This volume addresses the ways in...
Aristotle’s timeless advice on how to nurture and keep friendships. Introduction While most love songs are inspired...
Distinctive individuals used by scholastic thinkers as models for thinking about their own particular identities. Individual Thinkers...
Strictly ethical claims are found occasionally in the literature of ancient civilizations aimed at lower classes of...
“Human knowing is powerless in the study of another world.” By Sh Fayzulloeva MAssistant ProfessorTajik State University...
Contemporary historians have generally come to regard the Victorian era as a time of many conflicts. Introduction...
The Fabians’ advocacy of pragmatic socialist parliamentary politics paved the way for the rise of the Labour...
Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides.. Introduction...
The lie in the soul is so dangerous because, when one has it, one does not know...
This was a thinker who remains still ahead of us, a thinker whose vision has yet to...
The philosophers of the seventeenth century had no choice but to become their own maîtres à penser....
His one-liners have proven memorable enough to secure his reputation as a cultural icon. As a teenager...
In a world that considered children miniature adults, Locke discovered the child. “. . . he that...
The idea of the “unity of Heaven and Humanity” (tianrenheyi), a unity that Confucians believe also embraces...
Stoicism can easily be misread as pessimistic because of its relentless focus on mortality and fragility. Introduction...
Sextus gives arguments for and against the existence of the gods. The ancient Pyrrhonists claim that scepticism...
Medieval philosophy produced arguments that were later fruitfully employed by modern skeptics. Perhaps you ignore that the...
We cannot ever infer from our impressions to anything at all which causes them, if indeed there...
Introduction The political institutions of Imperial China all took shape in ancient times, and were some of the most...
Everybody defines and perceives happiness in a different way. To someone, it’s important to each day find...
Considering the relationship between communication, reputation, and survival after death. This article, “Pajamas from Spirit Land”: Searching...
There are two types of falsehood, the veritable lie and the verbal lie. In the Republic (389b-c),...
In pursuit of balance, we may try everything but get to the bottom of nothing. Introduction One...
He was a thinker who bridged two ages: the last of the Romans, first of the scholastics....
The nature vs. nurture debate has been in existence for a long time. This debate is one...
Utopia is an extremely important concept that has been shaping philosophy, sociology, arts, and many other disciplines...