Robin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross
by Takeshi Nakamura From time to time throughout his dialogues, Plato complains how difficult it is to capture the transient natural world with inert language (e.g., the Theaetetus and the Cratylus). After all, the world in flux changes as you…
by John Douglas Macready The history of philosophy can be thought of as an art gallery filled with paintings by various artists. Each painting is a representation of reality from a particular perspective and makes use of distinct methods and…
That Nietzsche valued his own birthday is known to readers of his correspondence. After his mother appears to forget her son’s 44th birthday, he sends her a postcard four days later: “This time the old mother has forgotten the old…
By Nicholas Baima Greed is clearly unjust, but is it foolish? In Book 1 of Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus defends the value of injustice by arguing that it is in one’s self-interest to be greedy. Justice, he argues, is nothing more…