philosophy Plato, "Meno," 86b Fortunately, the soul is immortal. Because it is always learning, it despises ignorance.
philosophy "Antigone," or the Construction of the Divine The sacred is born of a denial which demands others suffer for telling the truth.
philosophy Creon as Dictator and Our Desire for Order Creon's fantasy is centered on who he's scared to be, as he doesn't want to feel like someone who failed to act when he had the chance.
philosophy Antigone and Ismene Outside the Gates Humans understood as rule-bearing, rule-bound creatures does not start with a notion of the "state" or "city," but with family itself.
philosophy Philosophy and Addiction ...if a book doesn't help you become more aware of your own life, something is wrong.
philosophy Three Thoughts from Epicurus' "Principal Doctrines" Hedonism, the thesis that pleasure is the good, can be frightfully ignorant.
philosophy What We Don't See: Xenophon, "Memorabilia" I.3.12-13 & Kyla Houbolt, "on the wing" Perhaps, when you are virtuous, it shows throughout your being. You don't just stand for something, you are seen to be it.
philosophy The Practicality of Parmenides' "On Nature" You're right! If you back down, you don't just descend into error, you compound the error.
philosophy José Ortega y Gasset on "Intellectual Effort" We, however, must deal with those who say things like "math isn't real" and believe in ESP because they watched a YouTube video once.
philosophy Immanuel Kant: "the possession of power inevitably corrupts reason's free judgment" With the little power I've had, it's the mistakes I imagine I've made which recur in my thoughts.
philosophy Kant and Jefferson on Enlightenment Today I want to talk about a little bit of the rhetoric Kant and Jefferson use to advance Enlightenment ideals. Some scholars assume that because ideals of universal education and technological progress won out years ago, we have an assessment of their legacy ready at hand.
philosophy A "genuine culture" for philosophy? Currently reading Nietzsche's "Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks," translated by Marianne Cowan. This passage about philosophy and "genuine culture" caught my eye. It invites immediate comparison between our age and the ages we imagine. My initial questions: What do we feel