The Philosophy Of Diogenes

Submitted by The Architect on January 31, 2018

The Philosophy Of Diogenes

Jules Bastien-Lepage [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Diogenes of Sinope was a very playful philosopher who is said to have lived in ancient Greece between ... Read more

Calling Things By Their Proper Name

Submitted by The Architect on May 15, 2017

Calling Things By Their Proper Name

pixabay.com There is an essential ingredient to civilisation which seems to be in short supply at the moment, and that is wisdom. There is an ... Read more

Simeon The Stylite

Submitted by The Architect on November 21, 2016

Simeon The Stylite

http://wikivisually.com St. Simeon was the first and probably the most famous of the long succession of stylitoe, or "pillar-hermits", who during more than six centuries ... Read more

Why Metaphysics Is Always Bizarre

Submitted by The Architect on January 24, 2014

Why Metaphysics Is Always Bizarre

By Eric Schwitzgebel http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-metaphysics-is-always-bizarre.html Bizarre views are a hazard endemic to metaphysics. The metaphysician starts, seemingly, with some highly plausible initial commitments or commonsense intuitions ... Read more