If in many periods of human existence obviousness has been an element of knowledge and establishing facts, it is obvious that history is repeating itself… With a slightly different appearance, in barely changed circumstances, the same forces and ideas appear in the game of opposites that will contribute to the final balance of evolution. It … Read more
Providing medical assistance to patients is a deeply noble act imbued with ethics. Researcher of medical deontology P. Peiro says: “One cannot live without a moral principle that governs our actions.” In fulfilling the duties of a physician, one must make decisions that can affect human freedom or life. They must solve problems that depend … Read more
Human Needs There are several fundamental human needs that distinguish humans from all other living beings and on which their mental health depends. Self-awareness gives birth to the need for a sense of one’s own identity. Fromm defines identity as “the core of our personality that is unchanging and lasts throughout our lives, despite changing … Read more
Half a century ago, the philosopher, psychologist, and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm raised a somewhat unusual question in his book “Healthy Society”: Is modern society mentally healthy? Can society, in general, be sick? The question is based on data about the increasing number of mental illnesses in developed societies, the growing number of people succumbing to … Read more
When we say that someone is a hedonist, we usually mean a person who enjoys having a good time, indulges in food and drink, and avoids any kind of sacrifice in life. The term epicurean generates similar associations, with the added meaning of a debauchee. Both terms are associated with Epicurus (341 – 270 BC), … Read more
Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born in Hierapolis in Asia Minor around 50 AD. He was a slave of Nero’s freedman Epaphroditus, who enabled him to attend lectures by the well-known Stoic Musonius Rufus, and later freed him. As a free man, he began teaching Stoic philosophy, first in Rome, and after the Roman emperor Domitian … Read more
Eclecticism is the philosophical stance that, without prior opposition, analysis, and consideration of things, compares and relates them in order to find the best, with the goal of highlighting the one that is most valuable of acceptance. However, this clear and concise definition of truth-seeking is often overlooked in the common use of the term … Read more
We bring a selection from the book “The Spirit of the Renaissance” by Isabella Ohmann and Fernando Schwarz, which reveals hidden sources and drivers of a historical period in which the medieval worldview is fundamentally changing and sheds light on the position of man in the Universe. The Renaissance, inspired by the spirit of ancient … Read more
In the rich treasury of Asian culture, Buddhism occupies a significant place as a phenomenon that has shaped the thinking, customs, art, philosophy, and religion of various peoples and connected the vast expanses of this continent. By the end of the 6th century BC, it spread throughout India and, by the 7th century, encompassed Turkestan, … Read more
< p>Ever since she “set sail on the waters of Thales,” the philosopher from the shores of the Ionian Sea known as the father of Greek philosophy, Greek philosophical thought, with minor changes in direction, continues to participate in shaping the image of the Western world today. The phenomenon that began in Greece in the … Read more
