Tag: philosophy
Sunday Essay: an introduction to Confucius, his ideas and their lasting relevance
Confucius at the ‘Apricot Altar’. By Kano Tan'yû (Japanese, 1602–1674). Mid-17th century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The man widely known in the English...
When life gives you lemons … 4 Stoic tips for getting through lockdown from Epictetus
Image: Unsplash/Cristina Anne Costello
Born into slavery, then crippled by his master and exiled by the Emperor Domitian, Epictetus (c.60-135 CE) has become arguably the central...
Sunday essay: 3 ways philosophy can help us understand love
Francois Gerard, Cupid and Psyche, 1798. Wikimedia Commons
Love can seem a primal force, an intoxicating mix of desire, care, ecstasy and jealousy hard-wired...
No, people aren’t unemployed because they’re lazy. We should stop teaching children myths about work
Image: Shuttlestock
The narratives that define our culture are subtle sometimes. We all like the shared belief that hard work has good outcomes. For instance,...
Sunday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital soul
Picture: Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash
Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: “I’m...
Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss
Ruins of the Tower of St Roch, or Tower of the
Patriarch, following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake
by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. Wikimedia Commons
In classical Western...