When common sense and knowledge disappear from the panorama of everyday life, the so-called “public opinion” takes its place as the infallible judge of everything that is done and said. However, public opinion is neither wise nor reasonable, not because it couldn’t be, but because it doesn’t care. On the contrary, it is an attempt … Read more
A Bit of History Let’s turn our gaze back; let’s go back about thirty-two centuries. In a part of Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, there was a great city that we will later recognize as Troy. In this great city lived brave people who were attacked by others, equally brave people. There was a battle, conflict, … Read more
Motion is one of the great laws of Nature. However, due to the duality that arises between pairs of opposites, inertia is also one of the laws. Materialism, which has gained significance in recent centuries, has subtly introduced inertia into our way of life, using various excuses to justify it. Human beings, so rich in … Read more
How important is technology for the development of humanity? According to the definition, technology refers to the means by which humans try to master matter. However, technical elements alone are not enough to measure progress. Today, we have a cult of technology, which means that we value the quality and level of progress of civilizations … 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
The insatiable need of modern man for classification attempted to place the Russian intellectual Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev into one of the clearly defined sociological categories, so he was often labeled as Christian or Marxist, although he himself clearly claimed in his autobiography that he considered himself “incapable of being part of any organization” and that … Read more
20th Century Philosophy: Dialectical Materialism and the Problem of Change Materialism is the collective name for understandings that see matter as the basis of existence. The concept of materialism has been put forward by different thinkers since Ancient Times, and the fundamental nature of matter has been defended in various forms. Marx and Engels, who … Read more
History of 19th Century Philosophy The 19th century philosophy is primarily a period in which romanticism and idealism reached their peak in German philosophy. Similarly, it is observed that materialism gained new depth and prominence. In French philosophy, on one hand, reformist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Claude Henri de Saint-Simon can … Read more
