Open Document The most famous philosophical window into Ralph Waldo Emerson’s mind is his 1888 essay published “Self-Reliance.” The essay sets the standard for Emerson’s beliefs as a Transcendentalist philosopher and was a key element to the movement as a whole. One of the key elements to...
“The Wealth of Nationsis, of course, one of the most famous, though certainly not most read or understood, books of all time. It was first published in 1776. In fact, I was once asked on an exam in high school ‘Who invented capitalism in 1776?’”Read more... ...
Though first recorded by the ancient poet Horace in 20 BC in Latin, the phrase is inextricably linked to Kant and interpreted differently in a philosophical context. While it literally means “Dare to know,” the usually cited German variant, “Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedi...
Just as the Enlightenment was gaining momentum throughout Europe, philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet broke through the many barriers facing women at the time and published a major philosophical treatise in French. Within a few short years, she became famous: she was read and debated from Russia ...
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the phenomenal world to be anillusion. The Gaudiya sect, founded byChaitanya, teachesachintya-bhedabheda(“inconceivable duality and nonduality”), the belief that the relation between God and the world is beyond the scope of human comprehension. In addition to these philosophical sects, many ...
Berkeley. She specializes in the study of how language affects thought and is an authority on developmental psychology and the philosophy of mind. Gopnik’s 2009 bookThe Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Lifeis a critically acclaimed bestselle...
As a philosopher/author, Camus worked many of his philosophical thoughts into his novels. In The Stranger, for instance, he explored the theme of existentialism as well as nihilism and stoicism through characters like Meursault and Masson. His novel The Plague discussed the human condition and the...
and subject. Having studied under Louis Althusser, Badiou's philosophical approach has been influenced by Althusserian Marxism, and the psychoanalysis of Jacque Lacan. His most famous work isBeing and Event (1988), which presents a shift away from these initial influences, establishes and brings to...
" van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. The artist's love affair with the night was partly philosophical and partly inspired by the technical challenge of creating light from darkness. His nocturnal landscapes express mysticism and a sense of the infinite....