Explore timeless debates and foundational ideas from the greatest thinkers throughout the ancient and modern disciplines.
The timeless wisdom of Taoism provides enduring guidance for modern individuals seeking ways to live without stress, stay healthy, and achieve happiness.
St. Thomas Aquinas revolutionized Scholasticism by combining reason and faith in a way that has continued to influence philosophy, theology, education, and ethics.
Making a distinction between literary philosophy and philosophical literature helps us understand how best to read particular kinds of philosophical fiction.
By blending Greek rationalism with Islamic ideology, Al-Farabi left an indelible mark on metaphysics, politics, and philosophy.
Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments explores sympathy, societal influence, and justice as key foundations shaping human morality and behavior.
Hedonism is about seeking pleasure, while Stoicism is about valuing discipline. But which one is the path to happiness?
Is morality truly “good,” or just a tool for control? Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals challenges everything we think we know.
Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor leaves hints that she was at least interested enough in French existentialist philosophy to engage with it in her work.