The philosophy of communitarianism originated in the 20th century, but the term “communitarian” was coined in 1841....
Philosophy
Heraclitus maintained that the very nature of life is flux, is change, and that to resist this...
There are over 90 Pre-Socratic philosophers, all of whom contributed something to world knowledge. Introduction The Pre-Socratic...
One must study Chinese Law within the context of Chinese social, cultural, political, and legal history. By...
Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism would ultimately absorb other concepts and condemn previous schools of thought. Introduction The...
This new outlook put great emphasis on reason as the key to human progress. Introduction The Enlightenment...
It can be traced, in part, to the Enlightenment and its profound impact on colonial thinking. Political...
Given his positive reference to Genesis, Longinus has been assumed to be either a Hellenized Jew or...
Gorgias was a native of Leontini, a Greek colony in Sicily, which is often called the home...
Materialism holds that perceivable matter is all that exists, while supernatural entities or planes of existence are...
Some of the people he has influenced don’t even realize it. When I was finishing a biography...
This question, so often asked by us in times of crisis and despair, or love and joy,...
An awareness of our mortality, of our precious finitude, can move us to seek the meaning that...
“Enlightenment is the human being’s emancipation from its self-incurred immaturity.” By Santana Juache Introduction The Enlightenment stemmed...
A comparison of the concept of the “general will” in revolutionary France. Introduction The concept of the...
Civil disobedience can be distinguished from other active forms of protest, such as rioting, because of its...
Lucretius was worried that our fear of death could lead to irrational beliefs and actions that could...
While we don’t get to decide when we get shipwrecked, we do get to decide what we...
Understanding through reason, self-discipline in wisdom and virtue. Introduction Stoicism, one of the three major schools of...
Pragmatism originated as a philosophical movement in the United States in the late 1800s. Introduction Pragmatism is...
In the philosophy of science, empiricism refers to an emphasis on those aspects of scientific knowledge that...
In the western intellectual tradition, philosophical reflection on ethical codes began with the Greek Sophists of the...
The history of logic cannot be separated from general philosophy and the philosophy of logic. Introduction The...
Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine was used for several centuries in medieval Europe and the Arab world as...
Enlightenment debates about colonialism had very little to do with what actually happened on the ground. While...
The Enlightenment advocated reason as a means to establishing an authoritative system of aesthetics, ethics, government, and...
Balibar’s ‘portmanteau’ invites us to invent a ‘politics against politics’. Introduction It could be asserted that the...
Rousseau is both one of the greatest advocates and most profound critics of the social contract tradition....
Chinese culture as a whole has been shaped by the influence of ancient intellectual leaders. Introduction Chinese...
Aristotle argued that there were six general ways in which societies could be organized under political rule....