Philosophy; an Endless Pursuit for Answers
I’ve been thinking a lot about Philosophy lately. As most people know philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind,...
View ArticleCogito Ergo Sum
Cogito Ergo Sum (I think therefore I am) is a popular phrase but do we really known what it means? The phrase comes from solipsism; everything outside the mind is unjustified and unproven. The...
View ArticleThoughts on Epistemology
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Epistemology (the theory of knowledge). In philosophy it is considered as one of its cornerstones; it addresses the questions: What is knowledge? How is knowledge...
View ArticleKilling An Arab
The debut single from UK Goth greats; The Cure was Killing An Arab. Robert Smith calls the song a “short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L’Étranger (The Stranger) by...
View ArticleTrying to Understand Existentialism
The Myth of Sisyphus “The struggle itself…is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” – Albert Camus Existentialism is an interesting philosophical concept; if God doesn’t exist...
View ArticleBook Review: L’Étranger (The Stranger)
L’Étranger, known as The Outsider, or The Stranger by Albert Camus offers an interesting perspective of the philosophical movement; existentialism. Though, as a stand alone novel, it was very simple...
View ArticleThe Seat of Emotion
Nowadays, the source of emotion and passion is considered to be the heart; poetically referring to the soul and physically tied to the feeling of love (increased heart rate & increased blood flow)....
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Becoming a Philosopher
While watching videos from the School of Life YouTube channel recently, in particular the video on Friedrich Nietzsche. I found myself feeling so envious towards people like Nietzsche and Alain de...
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Existence Precedes Essence: Understanding Existentialism
When thinking about the term existentialism, a quote by Jean-Paul Sartre may come to mind; “existence precedes essence”. 1 This was a relatively new way of thinking within philosophy. The idea...
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The Good Place and Ethics
I discussed the moral dilemma in the HBO television show Westworld, and I have since discovered a show that looks at ethics. The Good Place is the story of Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) who dies...
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