Spinoza : The courage to think Clearly
Spinoza: The Courage to Think Clearly There are philosophers who shout, and then there are philosophers who whisper truths so precise that they rearrange your inner world. Baruch Spinoza belongs…
Can We—and Should We—eliminate Suffering?
Before the advent of anaesthesia, surgery was an experience of unimaginable agony. It is difficult to grasp the relief people must have felt when painless surgical procedures were introduced in…
Aristotle on forming Friendship
Aristotle categorizes friendship into three distinct types in the Nicomachean Ethics. First, friendship of utility arises when people remain on cordial terms because each benefits from the other in some…
An Essay on Nothing
In philosophy, there is a great emphasis on what exists. This branch is called ontology, the study of being. What is far less examined, however, is what does not exist.…