Philosophy – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:18:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Philosophy – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com 32 32 Philosopher or Magician? Apuleius and the Trial of Dangerous Knowledge, 158–159 CE https://brewminate.com/philosopher-magician-apuleius-knowledge/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:18:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=280361 In Roman Africa, Apuleius defended himself against accusations of magic. His Apologia reveals how philosophical learning could become

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]]> Beneath the Familiar World: Plato’s Imagined Earth and the Geography of the Afterlife https://brewminate.com/plato-earth-afterlife-geography/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:09:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=279850 In Plato’s Phaedo, familiar shores occupy a hollow within a greater Earth. The journeys of souls connect that

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]]> The Panchatantra: What Ancient Indian Fables Teach about Leadership https://brewminate.com/panchatantra-animal-fables-political-wisdom/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:36:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=279592 Ancient Indian animal fables in the Panchatantra reveal why effective leaders need sound judgment and self-restraint, showing how

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]]> When Confucius Died: Mourning and the Making of a Cultural Ancestor https://brewminate.com/when-confucius-died-disciples-mourning/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:58:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277117 Confucius died in 479 BCE without political success. Accounts of his disciples’ long mourning helped transform the frustrated

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]]> Gabrielle Suchon: Philosopher of Women’s Freedom in the 17th Century https://brewminate.com/gabrielle-suchon-womens-freedom/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:21:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226998 Long before modern feminism, Gabrielle Suchon challenged women’s exclusion from knowledge, authority, and freedom, imagining communities where women

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]]> Friendship and Boundaries in the Modern World https://brewminate.com/friendship-boundaries-modern-world/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:58:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=275440 From Tocqueville to today, boundaries, private DMs, and call-ins, modern friendship transformed warning from moral correction into emotional,

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]]> Friendship And Moral Counsel in the Early Modern Era https://brewminate.com/friendship-conscience-advice-early-modern-era/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:37:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=275407 In the early modern era, friendship was not only affection or loyalty. Friends were expected to warn, correct,

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]]> ICCS by Dmitry Volkov, Pietro Perconti, and Alessio Plebe: Where Philosophy Meets Modern Science https://brewminate.com/iccs-by-dmitry-volkov-pietro-perconti-and-alessio-plebe-where-philosophy-meets-modern-science/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:22:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274743 The International Center for Consciousness Studies unites conceptual analysis with empirical research as Dmitry Volkov and collaborators pursue

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]]> Suicidium: The Philosophy of a Noble Death in the Ancient World https://brewminate.com/ancient-noble-death-greece-rome/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:22:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274143 Across the ancient Mediterranean, death could be judged not only by its cause, but by its purpose, public

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]]> Thomas Aquinas and the Search for True Reality 800 Years Ago https://brewminate.com/thomas-aquinas-true-reality/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:52:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=246376 Thomas Aquinas sought true reality through faith, reason, metaphysics, and divine truth, shaping medieval debates about being, knowledge,

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