Philosophy
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Pythagoras’ revenge: humans didn’t invent mathematics, it’s what the world is made of
To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it…
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What the world can learn from the Buddhist concept loving-kindness
Indeed, it was the kind acts of essential workers that helped save many lives. Brooke Schedneck The Conversation As a scholar…
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Iris Murdoch: what the writer and philosopher can teach us about friendship
We are drawn to people who share our interests, or who we simply like and admire. Cathy Mason The Conversation…
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Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Authors : The Conversation Police say people have been arrested for breaching the…
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South Africa danger zone: Living in a ‘hijacked’ building
Photographer Shiraaz Mohamed gained the trust of some who live there to find out more about their home in one…
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When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
The Texas law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, and severely limits the right to have an abortion in…
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When life gives you lemons … 4 Stoic tips for getting through lockdown from Epictetus
A straight-talking advocate of the idea philosophy should help people flourish even in hard times, Epictetus has much to offer…
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Friday essay: what do the 5 great religions say about the existence of the soul?
The soul can be defined as the spiritual or non-material part of us that survives death. Philip C. Almond The…
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Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about
But what about Aspasia, the foreign mistress of the foremost politician in Athens who gave both political and erotic advice?…
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I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like – this is what I learned
For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.…
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Ancient Greek desire to resolve civil strife resonates today – but Athenian justice would be a ‘bitter pill’ in modern America
Politically and socially, they are rooted in grudges and ideological vengeance that goes back generations, to the New Deal era, when…
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What US democracy can learn from ancient Greek philosophy
When president-elect Joe Biden addressed Americans on 7 November, many listened with palpable nostalgia and relief. Teresa Bejan NewStatesman Like Barack…
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Why a good philosophical aphorism can be so powerful
Philosophy comes to us via long books, grand theoretical systems, complex and interwoven histories of thought that stretch back hundreds…
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Renewing a Stoic philosopher’s Cypriot passport
Born in the 4th century BCE of Phoenician descent he was known as Zeno of Citium the Hellenic kingdom on…
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We might not be able to understand free will with science.
Suppose you are thinking about doing something trivial, such as moving your index finger a little to the right. Daniel…
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Struggling with the uncertainty of life under coronavirus?
I’m writing this in the inner north of Melbourne, near two major roads that normally provide a constant hum of…
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