Welcome back you amazing nerds. In this text I plan to continue exploring Plato’s theory of ideas and pick up at the cliffhanger I left you in the last text. Today we’ll be exploring one of the most well-known metaphors of Plato: the allegory of the cave (Russell, 1946). But how do we get intoContinueContinue reading “Plato Part 3 – The Allegory of the Cave: Do you see a light?”
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Plato Part 2 – Theory of Ideas: Do you have any Idea of what any of this is?
Welcome back you amazing nerds. It’s been a while since I’ve presented you with a new text on philosophy, but that is because we have now started exploring more structured philosophical theories and ideas. It also means we are gradually getting into more interesting and influential theories and ideas! So, it has taken me longerContinueContinue reading “Plato Part 2 – Theory of Ideas: Do you have any Idea of what any of this is?”
Plato Part 1 – Broad shoulders are needed to move philosophy
Welcome back, awesome nerds. I continue my journey through philosophy, in this text reaching the very famous philosopher that was Plato. He is often considered the most influential philosopher in history, with his philosophical ideas shaping even most Christian theology and philosophy (Russel, 1946). Thus, whenever we are looking at the history of philosophy, heContinueContinue reading “Plato Part 1 – Broad shoulders are needed to move philosophy”
Socrates – part 2: Searching for the essence
Welcome back awesome nerds. This is the second part of my study of Socrates, where I’ll mainly focus on his philosophical ideas. If you want to know more about Socrates’ history and how much of a Chad he was, please go read the first part. Without further delay, let’s explore the philosophical ideas of thisContinueContinue reading “Socrates – part 2: Searching for the essence”
Socrates – part 1: He who knows nothing
Welcome back to our shared journey through philosophy over the years. This time we will be witnessing history! I am happy to point out that we have concluded our journey through the Pre-Socratic philosophers, and we have reached the man, the myth, the legend himself: Socrates. If my introduction wasn’t enough to highlight his important,ContinueContinue reading “Socrates – part 1: He who knows nothing”
The Pre-Socratics part 7 – The Sophists
In this next text through the history of philosophy we will be looking at a controversial, but influential group. Most of the information we have about this group comes to us from the writings of Plato, who didn’t like them very much (Kenny, 2010). So this biased view is something we have to keep inContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 7 – The Sophists”
The Pre-Socratics part 6 – Caring about Health
Welcome to another text where we continue our journey through the philosophers who developed the ideas that inspired most of our own at present. Today we are going to explore a name that may not be as obscure as the ones before: Hippocrates. Giving some justification to my personal interest in philosophy, in ancient Greece,ContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 6 – Caring about Health”
The Pre-Socratics part 5 – Love and Strife make the world go around
Today I will be writing about a very interesting, even legendary, pre-socratic philosopher: Empedocles. He was from Acragas, in the South of Sicily, and considered himself to be a god (Adamson, 2014; Kenny, 2010; Russell, 1946). This, of course, lead to tales of him being able to perform miracles such as controlling the winds orContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 5 – Love and Strife make the world go around”
The Pre-Socratics part 4 – Mixing things up
Often, Athens is considered to be the cradle of Greek philosophy. However, you have by now probably noticed that none of the philosophers we have looked at so far as come from Athens, or even have spent a lot of their time there. Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to have spent most of his timeContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 4 – Mixing things up”
The Pre-Socratics part 3 – Atomic theories
Welcome back to our exploration of the beginning and development of philosophy. In this text, I will be discussing an idea that originated with the ancient Greek philosophers and has actually been shown to be true by modern science – the idea that all bodies (living and non-living) are composed of very small particles thatContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 3 – Atomic theories”
The Physiolosopher 