Video games often have the reputation of being a waste of time. While we can understand why some people hold this view, but since we also like to spend our time gaming, we would like to present a slightly different perspective. It is often criticized that video games don't necessarily help you get ahead in life. But is it really always necessary to...
I'm really excited to tell you about my new book. "The price of being you". It is my most intimate project to date and the result of a long, personal journey and intensive research in the fields of science and philosophy. The long road to authenticity The idea for this book was born during a phase in my personal...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a luminary of Enlightenment thought, was paradoxically one of its harshest critics, particularly with regard to the influence of the arts and sciences on society. In his "Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts" (1750), Rousseau put forward the provocative thesis that while these developments advanced knowledge and civilization, they simultaneously led to moral corruption and...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a philosopher of the Enlightenment whose ideas influenced the French Revolution, revolutionized our understanding of freedom and oppression with his profound statement: "Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains. This sentence, which he formulated in his ground-breaking work "The Social Contract", invites us to critically examine the constraints that...
Thales of Miletus, often referred to as the first Western philosopher, was a pre-Socratic thinker from the ancient city of Miletus in modern-day Turkey. He lived in the 6th century B.C. Thales is not only known for his philosophical research, but also for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy and natural science. His research on...
Rosa Mayreder (1858-1938) is one of the most important figures in the history of feminist thought and social criticism. Born in Vienna, Austria, Mayreder's life was characterized by her tireless striving for equality, her profound philosophical investigations and her critical examination of the prevailing gender norms of her time. As a writer, philosopher and one of the first...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a seminal figure in German philosophy. His work forms a critical bridge between the ideas of his predecessors such as Immanuel Kant and the later developments of German idealism, particularly in the philosophies of Schelling and Hegel. Born in Rammenau, Saxony, in 1762, Fichte began his intellectual journey in the pastoral...
While the philosophy of Johann Gottlieb Fichte was groundbreaking and influential, it also harbored a number of challenges and critiques that have generated considerable debate in the philosophical community. These "problems" or critiques of Fichte's work mainly center around his theories of self-consciousness, his political ideas, and the complex, often impenetrable...
Amor fati, a Latin expression that translates as "love of fate", is a concept that has fascinated philosophers for centuries. This idea is said to encourage people to view everything that happens in their lives, including suffering and loss, as necessary and even beneficial. Even though the concept of amor fati has been explored by various thinkers, it is...
Philosophy often seems foreign and distant, but it is actually omnipresent. Even the great achievements of our time, such as computers and the internet, which connects thoughts and ideas all over the world, and most recently artificial intelligence. These modern marvels can be traced back centuries to ancient philosophical roots. "The art of discovery can...
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