Kant’s Introduction to the Critique
Kant’s saying that “though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience,” which appears in the...
Kant’s saying that “though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience,” which appears in the...
A common ingredient in murder mysteries is the search for a motive. Sometimes, where a motive appears strong enough, assumptions are made as to the...
Aristotle’s phrase to ti ên einai is generally understood as a formula for expressing the notion of “essence.” But the word “essence” glosses over the difficulty of adequately capturing...
Despite the appeal of the power of collective action, individuals should sacrifice their happiness and their lives for the good of the state in exceptional cases, not as a way of life. The good of “the state” should become the foremost consideration in times when collective action is needed, but otherwise, individual liberty, for better of worse, ought to be our guiding light in the interest of the development of human potential and its fulfillment.
(Continued from the City of Pigs discussion) Once we move beyond the dialogue about the two cities (moderate and luxurious) in book 2, we immediately...
Migrated from my prior site “Philosophia” with some editing and additions The City of Pigs Plato’s “City of Pigs,” which appears in Republic II (369a et...