Plato and Forms
Plato, all along his work, has developed a whole theory of Forms (Ideas). Plato asserts the forms are the true reality, that which derives…
Ayn Rand and Objectivism
Ayn Rand is both an american philosopher and a writer. Rand has been a very influential philosopher in the United States, but almost unknown…
Freud and the Interpretation of Dreams
Freud and the interpretation of dreams Before Freud’s theorie on dreams, dreams have been seen as a sleep of the consciousness. Freud introduced a…
Descartes: Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world
“Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world: because everyone thinks he is so well endowed, that even those who are…
Levinas and Face
The human face in Emmanuel Levinas Our century has seen the man’s face disappear behind the multiplicity of determinations (biological, social and linguistic) that…
Emile Durkheim’s Theory on Anomie and Religion
Durkheim‘s sociology marked the French sociology school. Mauss recognized the influence of the most major French sociologists. Emile Dukheim is the inventor, the main…
Marx and Human Rights
In capitalist society where social relations according to Marx are unjust, legal and political ideology that rises from this society stems from this injustice…
Anarchism
Anarchy is a confusing word a priori. At first glance, it connotes the idea of disorder, individualism, violence. But these ideas do not reflect…
Essays by Montaigne
Essays are a work by Michel de Montaigne published from 1580 to 1588. It is the work of a fifty year old man , returning…
Schopenhauer’s Pessimism : Aphorisms on Morality and Happiness
Arthur Schopenhauer attempted to deepen the practical philosophy of Kant in his Aphorisms on wisdom of life. In this kind of modern breviary of…
Pascal: Heart has its reasons of which reasons knows nothing
This sentence by Pascal, a philosopher of the seventeenth century , is best known for Pascal‘s thought. It is now used indiscriminately to justify all the…
Bachelard’s Philosophy
Bachelard’s Philosophy: Science and Poetics The French philosopher Gaston Bachelard has worked on two main themes: the philosophy of science and imagination. In the…
Marx and the proletariat
Karl Marx and the proletariat, a universal class: Before defining the proletariat and its importance in Marx’s thought, let’s see how this class appears…
Heidegger and Dasein
Heidegger began in the first half of the twentieth century to revise the classical metaphysics, in order to deconstruct it to offer a new…
The philosophy of Sade: Sex, Morality and Evil
Father of sadism, writer and philosopher, the Marquis de Sade is a mythological figure of the French literature. Advocating a moral subversion, atheism and…
Freud and Religion
Freud often compared in his writings (in his book “The Future of an Illusion, eg.) religious belief as a delusion and intoxication, which results…
Pascal : Man is a thinking reed
This is the most famous quote by Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher. This is an excerpt of Thoughts: “Man is a reed, the weakest…
John Locke’s Philosophy Summary
Theorist of post-Cartesian science based on empiricism, John Locke is also the promoter of a political philosophy based on the concept of natural law….
Kant Quotes
Through his 3 Critiques (knowledge, ethics, aesthetic), Kant has definitely revolutionized the history of philosophy. It is undoubtly the greatest German philosopher. Here are…
Sartre: Existence precedes essence
This quote is from the conference Existentialism is a Humanism where Sartre defines his views on existentialism. We shall not repeat the context of…