There is a possible archetype here of the silent, rejected saint, the unthanked helper, the monk in exile. (more...)

It is sometimes said in a conflict or fight between people that, ‘Sometimes one has to take a side’. To emphasise the imperative, ‘just’ is added, and we have, ‘Sometimes one just has to take a side’. (more...)

Recently, two Claude AI units were set to converse with one another without much intervention. What emerged wasn’t chaos or code breakdown. (more...)

Why is there such a difference between the picture of morality one gets from books and the one so many people encounter in real life? (more...)

My father spent at least 40 years of his life working to develop an internally-driven perpetual motion machine. (more...)

Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes! Today: Socrates on knowing that you know nothing. (more...)

As fauna became more complex, particularly with backboned organisms known as chordates, basic brain structures evolved. (more...)

Support can come in many forms. Whatever shape it comes in, it is one of the desired characteristics in selecting a good partner. However, an all-supportive partner should not be desired… (more...)

Suppose the sciences of biology and medicine advanced to the stage where it became possible to change the sex of an animal (including, of course, human animals) completely. (more...)

Did the ancient Greeks really believe all those myths? We find it hard to imagine that people trusted the Oracle of Delphi with important decisions or prayed to such a horny and mischievous god as Zeus! (more...)

Ponēria is a blot or stain on an otherwise good being, like a diseased limb, or a “bad time” as opposed to good times: a bad state of affairs. (more...)

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures. (Simone Weil) (more...)

From a Kantian lens, reducing a person to their appearance or sexuality treats them as a means to visual pleasure, not as a rational being. (more...)

The Creature, who appeared dimly fainter than his surroundings, threw back his head & laughed with a gayety incongruent with my own dread. (more...)

Liberalism is a political philosophy that centers on the idea of people being afforded fundamental freedoms or rights. (more...)

The beauty of a painting of a flower, mountain or sunset normally owes to how it depicts its object, to its rendering of nature. (more...)

Technology conditions us to spend less of our time experiencing life and more of our time recording it. (more...)

Moral value statements involve putting things in some order of worth, significance, or importance. (more...)

Descartes can be certain of nothing anymore. Two plus two might not equal four, triangles might not have three sides, the sky might not be blue. (more...)

Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Nemen sparked a firestorm in October 2021 when he posted on Linkedin that America hadn’t been paying enough attention to obesity’s role in aggravating Covid’s dangers. (more...)

Artificial intelligence applications cannot fundamentally shape human existence; they cannot model, transform, or design our experiences in truly novel ways. (more...)