What is as pleasant to know and hear as a speech adorned and refined with wise thoughts and significant words? Or as powerful and magnificent as when one speech changes the movement of the people, the restraint of the judges, the dignity of the Senate? Marcus Tullius Cicero, in his works, has left us valuable … Read more
Apolonius – On Harmony Apolonius of Tyana was a Greek philosopher, neoplatonic, teacher, and mystic from the 1st century. Throughout his life, he received knowledge from wise people he encountered and visited on his numerous journeys, and he himself became a renowned teacher. He would teach and advise those who were willing to listen on … Read more
Albert Einstein, the famous physicist, philosopher, and humanist, never ceases to fascinate and inspire with his originality. Alice Calaprice, the chief editor at Princeton University Press, has collected quotes about Einstein from others, as well as quotes attributed to him, in her book The Ultimate Quotable Einstein. Each quote in this inspirational collection is carefully … Read more
How dreams are realized To those who are reading my texts for the first time, I always point out that my articles are actually reflections, some insights and occasional contemplations. I believe that every person has a philosophical nature, that we are all philosophers and that there is no university that could create philosophers. A … Read more
What will our era be called? It is undisputed that we live in a turbulent time. Many of us who study world history are convinced that our era is not like those of previous centuries, where characteristics, features, and accents in the value system were changing… Today, not only the essence of our worldview and … Read more
There are those who withdraw into solitude and seek meaning in learning; however, knowledge is just another form of self-expression… On the other hand, there are those who don’t find enough ways to fill the long hours of boredom and seek escape in esntertainment; yet, all of that is insufficient to avoid the emptiness of … Read more
Philosophy as a Way of Life The other day, I heard a meaningful sentence from a farmer: “Farming is a way of life.” And it occurred to me that any job done with care and diligence must be a way of life. The same applies to philosophy. According to Pierre Hadot, a 20th-century French philosopher, … Read more
Alternative futures – The Buen Vivir Concept In South America, a new movement has emerged that brings hope to those who love nature, care about justice, and sometimes hesitate because of the state of the world and want to do something to change things for the better. It is called Buen Vivir, which literally means … 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
