Jim Morrison's Quotes

Jim Morrison is certainly not a philosopher, not in the traditional sense of a systematic work such as Hegel. But fed by the new age culture, the beat generation and the fascination with shamanism, the… [more]

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Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (Summary)

Summary of the Critique of Pure Reason: The Critique of Pure Reason, published by Immanuel Kant in 1781, is one of the most complex structures and the most significant of modern philosophy, bringing a… [more]

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Nietzsche's Superman

The concept of Superman is both the best known of Nietzsche's philosophy but also and especially the more complex. This concept goes through the work of Nietzsche, but appears vividly in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It… [more]

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Baudelaire Quotes: Poems and Flowers of Evil

Baudelaire Quotes: Poems and Flowers of Evil

Poetic Quotes by Charles Baudelaire: We would be insulting to introduce the most famous symbolist poet. Baudelaire‘s poetry is not only a topic of literary studies, but also philosophical, as shown by Sartre in his book on Baudelaire. Recall, however, few works of this poet: - Flowers of Evil - The Artificial Paradise - Poems (Le Spleen de Paris) Baudelaire and wisdom: - “Wisdom is knowing people his loneliness and isolation among the crowd” - “Enjoy the crowd is an art” - “Whatever may be the reality outside of myself if it helps me to live, to feel that I am and what I am” - “We can not forget the time that using it” - “Evil is done without effort, naturally, by fate, and the property is always the product of an art” Baudelaire and Death: - “It is death that console, and unfortunately that is life –...

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Heidegger: Letter on Humanism

Humanism by Heidegger vs. Existentialism by Sartre The “Letter on Humanism” Heidegger was published a year after the conference “Existentialism is a Humanism” by Sartre pronounced at the Sorbonne. This can be read as a response to existentialism is...

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Kierkegaard: Seducer’s Diary Summary

An existentialist novel Soeren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, Christian and one of the founders of existentialism. This novel features a seducer who strives to seize an innocent girl. This charmer is actually a philosophical character, an existential metaphor...

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La Boetie: Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude is a work by Etienne de La Boétie, whose influence on political philosophy is very large. His philosophical radicalism, to the sixteenth century, is dizzying. Especially since the speech was originally circulated in manuscript form,...

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Being and Time by Heidegger: Summary

Founder of existentialism, Heidegger wanted above all to establish an ontology, that is to say, to clarify the question of being. His subjective approach to the concept (being and thinking are the same, he said, citing Parmenides) leads him...

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The No-Ownership Theory in Strawson

The no-ownership theory is a metaphysical doctrine of the self, labelled by Strawson. It arises from cartesian mind-body dualism (see mind body problem) and maintains that conscious experiences with a subject cannot be said to ‘belong’ to that consciousness...

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Marcuse: One Dimensional Man (Analysis)

Marcuse: One Dimensional Man (Analysis)

One Dimensional Man is a work by Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher of the Frankfurt School (which also belonged Habermas, Horkheimer or Adorno). It is a militant work that criticizes the modern become of societies in which capitalism and liberal democracy are...

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Man is a political animal (Meaning of Aristotle quote)

The man is a political animal is a phrase often heard in public debates, without quoting the source of this fundamental position of political philosophy. It was Aristotle who, in Politics, the first called the man “Zoon politikon.” Find...

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Aristotle: Politics Summary

Aristotle: Politics Summary

Aristotle: Politics from the ideal to the real world Unlike most philosophers, Aristotle’s political experience is undeniable as he was tutor of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia’s. Vs Plato, Aristotle has nurtured his political power while coasting in...

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Levinas: Totality and Infinity Summary

Ethics as first philosophy Emmanuel Levinas is one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, but the complexity of his thought, as well as Heidegger’s, prevents a real spread / democratization of his work. One of his most important...

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Rousseau: Social Contract Summary

Rousseau: Social Contract Summary

Analysis of the Social Contract by Rousseau The Social Contract by Rousseau, whose full title is The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right (1762) is an analysis of the contractual relationship to any legitimate government, so that are...

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