Indian Philosophy and Wisdom
All philosophies of India are as interpretation and resumption of Vedic hymns written there 5000 years. Themselves represent an effort to secure a full…
All philosophies of India are as interpretation and resumption of Vedic hymns written there 5000 years. Themselves represent an effort to secure a full…
What do we say when we say that someone has “will”? Why is it a compliment? The philosophical origins of this theme allow better…
Eevery woman has a seducer. Her happiness is only to meet him (Kierkegaard in The Journal of the Seducer) Modern Love has strange forms….
After New York, London and Madrid, so this is Paris, through the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which has been hit by terrorism. “Why? “Is…
Confession of a Child of the Century is the only novel written by Alfred de Musset, a french romantic. This novel tells the tumultuous story of Musset and Sand, who had a stormy passion and devastating. Sand later deliver his own version…
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…
Humanism by Heidegger vs. Existentialism by Sartre The “Letter on Humanism” Heidegger was published a year after the conference “Existentialism is a Humanism” by…
An existentialist novel Soeren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, Christian and one of the founders of existentialism. This novel features a seducer who strives…
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude is a work by Etienne de La Boétie, whose influence on political philosophy is very large. His philosophical radicalism, to…
Founder of existentialism, Heidegger wanted above all to establish an ontology, that is to say, to clarify the question of being. His subjective approach…
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…
One Dimensional Man is a work by Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher of the Frankfurt School (which also belonged Habermas, Horkheimer or Adorno). It is…
The man is a political animal is a phrase often heard in public debates, without quoting the source of this fundamental position of political…
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…
Ethics as first philosophy Emmanuel Levinas is one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, but the complexity of his thought, as well as…
Analysis of the Social Contract by Rousseau The Social Contract by Rousseau, whose full title is The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right…
Lying and philosophy: three approaches Immanuel Kant treats lies in his short essay entitled On a supposed right to lie from Benevolent Motives, as…
Communication is a central concept in the philosophy of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. This term is also about misunderstandings because it is often…
The Wager at the heart of the philosophy of Pascal Goldmann, the famous exegesis of the thought of Blaise Pascal‘s wager said it is…
Against the classical philosophical tradition, which can be described as hypermnesic, Nietzsche poses against Plato’s theory of reminiscence, forgetting that a positive, it is…