Philosophy

Nietzsche’s Zarathustra

It is fair to say that the 19th Century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s most challenging work is his four-part philosophical…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Bertrand Russell

1. The Nobel Prize winner, Bertrand Russell, wrote over 60 books and 2,000 articles throughout the course of his 97-year…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About David Hume

1. David Hume (1711-1766) was christened as David Home, but later changed the spelling of his last name to Hume as…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Karl Marx

1. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was one of nine children born to Heinrich and Henrietta Marx. His parents raised him in…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Aristotle

1. Aristotle (384 B.C. - 322 B.C.)—one of the West’s most influential philosophers—was born in Stagira, Chalcidice, in the year…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Immanuel Kant

1.The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), was the fourth of eight children born to Johann Georg and Anna Regina Cant.…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Plato

1. Plato (429? –347 B.C.E.), one of the most famous philosophers in the Western world, was born into a prominent…

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Analyzing Language: Stephen Neale on Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy of Language (Part 1)

A British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical logic, analytic philosophy,…

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Hannah Arendt and America

Hannah Arendt was among the most eminent twentieth-century political theorists. Born in Germany in 1906, she came of age during the…

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Language Rules: Rom Harré Talks About Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Language

  Austrian-born English philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is considered as one of the most influential although controversial thinkers of the 20th century. His…

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