Philosophy

We've all had the strange feeling that something is uncanny. But where, according to Sigmund Freud, does the uncanny come from?

Sigmund Freud's 1919 essay was about literature, but had its biggest impact in the visual arts, particularly surrealist art. Discover how Freud's ideas inspired modern art.

Can God require us to do something morally wrong? This is the subject of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling.

Ancient Greek philosophers considered friendship as necessary for wisdom, virtue, and society. Is friendship in the contemporary world still ethically important in this way?

Redefining masculinity through vulnerability, purpose, and connection offers a hopeful path to curing male loneliness and fostering deeper relationships.

Philosopher or politician, sage or pragmatist? The life of Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger, tutor of Nero, highlights the brutality of imperial Rome.

Structure is defined as a universal model of ordered elements, a finite set of rules for generating new elements from the previous ones.

Simone de Beauvoir redefined gender on existential grounds, challenging biological determinism and shaping the future of feminist theory.