Philosophy

Simone de Beauvoir: We have a moral duty to live our freedom

And fight that others may have theirs

Sep 2 •

Lucretius and the material sublime

The Epicurean universe is both soothing and terrifying

Jul 15 •

The only winning move is not to play

Trying on Schopenhauer's philosophy

Jun 3 •

Are we honor bound?

And thus shame bound?

May 20 •

Plato has no philosophy of love

Socrates just wants to teach

Apr 1 •

The aliens are in the ocean

They not like us

Jan 7 •

Civil wars of the self

On Thomas Nagel's View from Nowhere

Aug 13, 2024 •

All the feels: Touch in Aristotle's De Anima

What does it mean to be an animal?

Jul 2, 2024 •

Kant is the root of modern evil

And perhaps future evil too

May 21, 2024 •

The world Avicenna made

So big you don't even see him

Apr 9, 2024 •

How subjective things become objective

Clap if you believe

Feb 27, 2024 •

Equality makes friendship possible

And friendship is how we come alive

Jan 16, 2024 •

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