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…
Philosophers
Find out papers and research on major philosophers of the history, from every continents (Europe, US, Asia, Africa) what are their main key concepts
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…
Sartre: Existentialism is a humanism (Summary)
The lecture The Existentialism is a humanism of Sartre is one of the best-selling French philosophy book. Pronounced at the Sorbonne (well known university…
Epictetus: Enchiridion Summary
Summary and Analysis of Enchiridion by Epictetus Epictetus, born about 50, died between 125 and 130 AD, was a greek slave before becoming a…
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Philosophy Summary
Bú al-Walid Ibn Rushd, better known as Averroes. As a philosopher, lawyer and physician, Averroes studied and taught many branchs of the knowledge, from…
Rousseau: Discourse on Inequality (Summary)
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men by Jean Jacques Rousseau : The story of the mankind Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality…
Mary Wollstonecraft and Rights of Women (Summary)
Wollstonecraft’s life : A Feminist Muse fighting for rights of women Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759 in London. When she was young, she…
Sartre: Nausea (Analysis)
Nausea as an ontological feeling Nausea is the first novel by Jean-Paul Sartre, published in 1938. This novel tells the ontological experience of Roquentin,…
Nozick & Distributive Justice (Summary)
Nozick: Anarchy, State and Utopia as a critique of the Rawls distributive justice theory: Here is a paper on the major work of political philosophy…
Simone De Beauvoir: One is not born a woman, but becomes one
De Beauvoir: An Existentialist philosophy The Second Sex is the greatest book of contemporary philosophy of feminism. Simone de Beauvoir presents his major thesis,…
Nietzsche Philosophy Summary
Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher Nietzsche is the philosopher of the will to power, seen as vital creation and fulfillment. What is essential is…
Arendt:The Human Condition (Analysis)
The Human Condition is a work by Hannah Arendt published in 1958. Hannah Arendt studies the vita activa for itself, regardless of the vita…
The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell
Russell, an epistemologist and moral philosopher Bertrand Russell, british philosopher, is one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He is both a…
Descartes: Philosophy Summary
The Philosophy of Rene Descartes, a french rationalist Rene Descartes is the most famous french philosopher. Indeed, Descartes got nice charts of works to…
Machiavelli : The Prince (Summary)
Machiavelli‘s Prince is subject to uncountable reviews . We do not claim to revolutionize the practice of commentary on the Prince. But we will…
Spinoza: Ethics Summary
Ethics by Spinoza : A moral, ontological and metaphysical work Ethics is an ambitious work and multifaceted. Ambitious in its subject matter as…
The Indian Philosophy
Indian vs Western philosophy Although Indian thought developed in an intellectual climate which in many ways was different from, and almost certainly not influenced…