Month: August 2021

Understanding the Meaning of Xenophon’s Dialogues

The Oeconomicus (Greek: anthracis) by Xenophon, the preeminent Greek historian is the first known philosophical tract in existence. Written around the 3rd century BCE the Oeconomicus presents his most thorough exposition of Stoic philosophy. In this lengthy treatise the author traces the development of Stoic, political theory and Stoic ethics down to the time of …

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The Gautama Buddha And His Teaching On The Secret Nature Of The Mind

Gautama Buddha was born sometime around the sixth century B.C., in India. Buddha Shakyamuni is also known as Gautama Buddha, and he is considered by many to be one of the greatest Buddhist philosophers in the history of the world. Buddhism is often called a religion, and many different philosophies are based on its teachings. …

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The Mystery Behind Sren Kierkegaard’s Ideas

Existing Spiritualism before God had been dominated by clericalism, and intellectual reaction against religion had been limited to the reduction of all biblical references to God to a meaningless symbol. Sren Kierkegaard, a Denmark native, thinker, and writer, challenged both intellectual and clerical authority. In his Lectures on Good and Evil, published posthumously in 1855, …

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A Biographical Portrait of Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, mathematician and logical positivist. His major works include Principia Mathematical (arettes), and Principles of Psychology and Induction. His main thesis was that there are no axioms in science. His ideas are widely regarded as having exerted a tremendous influence on those who followed him including quantum mechanics, relativity and prime number …

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