Happiness The Necessary Ache Tara Daneshmand on regret and the courage to choose. “A mountain begins with the first stone, ...
Opinion

On Tyranny

Islamic Philosophers On Tyranny AmirAli Maleki looks at tyranny from an Islamic perspective. Do Islamic philosophers allow tyranny, or do they advocate a free and enlightened soci ...
The painter, poet, and engraver, William Blake (1757-1827) is not usually categorized as a philosopher, but I think otherwise ...
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...
Many philosophers, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists have been interested in human races as social constructs. If ...
This kind of trade-off appears throughout human life, from career choices to relationships to hobbies. Sometimes we must ...
“Women are capable of education, but they are not made for activities which demand a universal faculty such as the more ...
“I have no idea what Aristotle would say.” Peter Singer is perhaps the world’s leading moral philosopher, but he is not ...
Music Wish You Were Here Ian Rizzo listens out for a philosophy of absence. The year 2025 marks the fiftieth anniversary of ...
Happiness Hedonic Treadmills in the Vale of Tears Michael Gracey looks at how philosophers have pursued happiness. Thomas ...
Happiness Ancient Indian Wisdom for a Restless Age Jahnvi Borgohain looks at a variety of approaches to happiness. Across ...
Evolution is neither purposeful nor intentional: it has no ideal, aim, or end-point. For evolutionary change, there are no ...