The Categorical Imperative in the consumer society If we look at our consumer-driven society, we quickly realize that it does not conform to Kant's moral concepts. This would only be possible in two ways. Either if we only consumed as much as we needed and no more - because if everyone consumed exactly as much...
As we know so far, Hegel was particularly known for his non-static philosophy. In his eyes, the world was always changing and no event could be considered without another. Everything in Hegel's world is related to the other. Just as his being and his nothingness are empty in themselves and...
The Copernican revolution in philosophy, which Kant said he initiated, is indeed a significant turning point in the history of human thought. It is based on the realization that our understanding of the world is not exclusively shaped by the world itself, but also by the way we perceive it...
Hegel was of the opinion that being and nothingness are two sides of the same thing. They create each other, so to speak, because without being, nothingness cannot exist and vice versa. In this way, nothing and being generate becoming between them. Roughly speaking, becoming is the process that creates the entire...
As we have already learned in other articles, Baruch de Spinoza was a rationalist. It is therefore all the less surprising that he approaches the world in a very modest and frugal style. In a very beautiful quote, he explains why we cannot succeed in some things. "As long as a person imagines that he cannot do something...
With the advent of the Enlightenment, more and more focus was placed on breaking the world down into its smallest parts and systems in order to better understand it. This development is entirely understandable due to the human urge for discovery, but it brought with it something that probably no one had expected and which proved to be extremely...
In times when there are almost endless extrinsic influences, it can be difficult to form a picture of exactly what or who you want to be. Nevertheless, there are often some ideas about what values or character traits we would like to consolidate within ourselves. It is with these ideas that we first understand that the...
After I finished my article yesterday, Why hip-hop is so successful: people's love of fiction, I had a few more thoughts on a very similar topic. Said thoughts revolved around the topic of cosmetic surgery. After some quick research, I found almost shocking figures, as there were around 15% more procedures in 2022...
Some time ago, Simon sent me a video in which Robert Greene talks about the fact that we as humans like illusions. In the clip of a lecture, he quotes T.S. Eliot "Humankind cannot bear very much reality." Greene goes on to explain that we not only love illusions, but also stories and fiction...
Stoicism and Epicureanism are two philosophical movements that emerged in ancient Greece during the Hellenistic era. Despite some similarities, they differ fundamentally in their views on ethics, the highest good and the path to happiness. Stoicism: The philosophy of self-control and rationality Stoicism was founded by Zeno of Kition in the early...
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