philosophy
For Nietzsche, a great work of art can either veil the horror of reality or – better yet – help us face it.
“Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body.”
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
The Church of England is debating if believers should stop using gendered language when talking about God.
Stoicism is a big deal right now, but it has some major flaws. Here’s why you might want to hold off on becoming a Stoic.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
This year marks 2,000 years since the birth of the Roman author of the first natural encyclopedia.
From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.
The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Though quantum mechanics is an incredibly successful theory, nobody knows what it means. Scientists now must confront its philosophical implications.
For Buddhists, the “Four Noble Truths” offer a path to lasting happiness.
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.
“We suffer more often in the imagination than in reality.”
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
“It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it.”
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
“Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea.”
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
“For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD.”
A quote from a 1995 book by astronomer Carl Sagan describes a world many find disturbingly similar to ours.
Hinduism emphasizes the journey, whichever path that takes. And it holds us responsible for our own self-improvement.