Philosophy
All contributors in Philosophy
By: Scott Albright
Body runner Jason Rourche talks about his philosophy on life and death. His job involves picking up dead bodies and cremating them. Rourche explains his perspective. more...
By: Scott Albright
Jason Rourche and two friends go to Santa Fe to pick up a deceased lady from the hospital. It is Rourche's job to pick the deceased who is a believer in cremation more...
Albert Camus, author of The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus, considered himself a Humanist, and fought against being labeled an Existentialist throughout his life. more...
Reasons to Read Political Theory
Plato, Aristotle and other political thinkers have much to say about our politics, business and personal lives. Here are good reasons to read their 'outdated' works. more...
By: Brenda Herzog
What is it about the past that causes fear in peoples lives today? Consider a different way to look at your fears and help yourself to learn new ways to deal with fear. more...
In: Metaphysics
How can the lives and actions of things be understood? Can all the phenomena of the world ever be properly explained? Thomas Aquinas demonstrates one possibility. more...
In: Metaphysics
Plato, the student of Socrates, was the first great writer of philosophy. His metaphysical position challenges readers to go beyond this earthly realm in search of truth. more...
By: Shellie Enteen
How the extraordinary interest in the philosophy contained in Tolles' "A New Earth" is part of the evolution of consciousness described in the Mayan Calendar. more...
Thomas Paine's 'Agrarian Justice'
Paine shows how land is not a human right, but is a possession of humanity in common. Any ownership must be justified by the payment of taxes for the benefit of society. more...
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Stoicism was an important early philosophy espoused in Ancient Greece during the golden age of philosophy during the third and second centuries B.C. more...
By: Isaac M. McPhee
Zeno of Elea may have been an iconoclast, but he posed several interesting problems that would baffle thinkers for generations to come. more...
What is it that makes Jane Austen's novels perennial? She had a common attitude which informed them - a love for the little details of life. more...
By: Isaac M. McPhee
The question of choosing one's moral path in life is never an easy one. Within the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, however, is one method of doing just that. more...
By: Brenda Ann Burke
The concept of utopia is a useful frame for considering political and social questions from a modern perspective. The article suggests a possible approach. more...
