Desire in Philosophy
The desire in philosophy Is the desire the essence of man? In the seventeenth century, Spinoza strongly emphasizes the idea. The nineteenth century with Hegel deepens…
Time in Philosophy
Philosophy of Time While in ancient times, Plato gives the time a second-place and he concedes, at most, to be a lower representation of…
Democracy: Philosophical Definition
What is democracy? From the Greek “demokratia”, the term democracy relates to popular government. It is, above all, a political system in which the…
Religion in Philosophy: Definitions
Religion and Philosophy Releigion is often conceived in the philosophical doctrines of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the division of man from himself…
Politics: Philosophical Definition
Political philosophy: The political philosophy is a central concept. It comes from the Greek “polis”, the city, and “techne,” Science: politics is defined as…
What is Wisdom ? Philosophical Definition
The wisdom in philosophy From the Latin sapientia, it relates to intelligence, common sense, prudence, knowledge, science, philosophy. Wisdom is commonly used to describe…
Subjectivity: Philosophical Definition
Subjectivity and Philosophy: From the latin “subjectum”. Its primary sense tells us that there is a term affirm or deny something, in a proposal….
Consciousness: Philosophical Definition
In antiquity, consciousness did not exist: only the “nous,” the knowing mind, had a value. It is the philosophical modernity that gave about a…
The Good: Philosophical Definition
Good is a moral concept nowadays. In ancient times, the good is defined as an ontological category (see Plato and Ideas). General Definitions of…
Alienation: Philosophical Definition
The term “alienation” originally meant the deprivation of a right or a quality (legal meaning). Marx and Engels made clear the fundamental alienation of…
Soul: Philosophical Definition
In antiquity, Aristotle asserts that soul shapes the body, while the atomistic school argues that the body is composed of atoms like any other object…
Woody Allen: Match Point Analysis
Directed by Woody Allen and released in 2005, Match Point tells the story of Chris Wilton, who is coming from a modest background, who…
Gattaca – Analysis
Gattaca is one of most exciting movie of the last twenty years, in terms of ideas and philosophical meaning, especially the ethical issues raised…
Buber’s I and Thou (Summary)
Martin Buber : Biography Martin Buber was born in Vienna in 1878 and died in 1965. He was a jewish philosopher and theologian. From…
Godwin and Anarchism
William Godwin, a political thinker of Anarchism William Godwin ia a political theorist, essayist and novelist. In both early and late lige, Godwin was…
Plato and Socrates’ Apology (Summary)
Plato and the death of Socrates One day in the year 399 BC, Socrates has been accused for impiety and corruption of youth. Socrates…
Hegel Philosophy Summary
Hegel, the philosopher of the System Hegel is a German philosopher who built a vast system ordering all knowledge of his time, after Kant‘s…
Plato and the Allegory of the Cave (Analysis)
Today we speak about the most famous text of the philosophy: The Allegory of the Cave, by Plato, from the Book 7 of The…
Kierkegaard’s Philosophy Summary
The existentialist philosophy of Soëren Kierkegaard Among the essential works of Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist philosopher wrote : – The Alternative (1843) – Fear…
Camus and Absurdism
The Concept of absurd plays a major role in Camus and existentialism philosophy: the Stranger (1942) and the Myth of Sisyphus (1942) defines the…