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…

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 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…

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.…

For Americans, work means everything. We are taught that it builds character, gets us out of bed in the morning, pays our bills, structures our lives, and keeps us away…

Bernard Mandeville: Pride, Vice, and the Foundations of Society Bernard Mandeville’s social philosophy challenges the traditional belief that societies are built on moral virtue. In The Fable of the Bees,…

1) President Grants Assent to Rural Jobs Bill The President has given assent to the Rural Jobs Bill, marking a major step towards strengthening employment opportunities in rural India. The…

PAST TENSES SIMPLE PASTUse:• To talk about actions completed in the past• The time is mentioned or understood Example:This morning, I went to the store, but I forgot the milk.…

Before we can truly be with others, we must first learn how to be alone. It is a great misfortune to lose the capacity to be alone with oneself. In…

Even though Ramesh has not worked for more than a decade as a physician, receiving phone calls at 3 a.m. from patients is common. “I am having chest pain,” they…