Adler's philosophical teaching arises from his conviction that thinkers of Greek antiquity and the Middle Ages, especially Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas, had focused their considerations on commonsense cognition of the found world, while thinkers of modern times had detached th...
Joshua Shrode’slast postabout the inability of the greater good defense to resolve theproblem of evilin philosophical theology initiated a sophisticated discussion between two interlocutors: Mr. Shrode andMicah Redding. Since this is a high-level discussion,I’ll let the two speak for themselves....
were concerned to harmonize the tenets of Judaism with ancient Greek philosophic teachings that held sway at successive periods of Jewish history. Confronting problems in which there seemed to be a conflict between philosophical speculation (iyyun) and acceptance of dogmas of the Judaic faith (emunah...
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectivenessdistills the teachings of Epictetus, offering practical wisdom on the pursuit of inner peace, resilience, and ethical living in the face of life's challenges.
My goal is to apply philosophy (theoretical concepts and teachings) to everyday scenarios both on and off the mats. I am a student of the ancient philosophers of the Western world, including Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, and Cicero, as well as modern philosophers such as Hume, Locke, and ...
Philosophical practice draws from a rich array of intellectual resources. Its Western origins are rooted in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, focusing on Socrates (Chen,2014; Weiss and Ohrem,2016), Plato (Holger,2017), Aristotle (Chen,2024; Li,2010), Epicureanism (Fatić and Dentsoras,2014...
But we're left with a kind of weird puzzle here: if (and it is a big if) Burnyeat get Strauss' initiation practice right, and so has properly understood Strauss' teachings, how come it fails to work its magic on Burnyeat, who is singularly unpersuaded? (Persuade and its cognates are ...
Buddhism -- The summum bonum is the attainment of nirvana, the transcendence of earthly desires and suffering and the cycle of being and becoming. Christianity -- The moral life embodies Christ's teachings, with emphasis on charity, meekness, poverty, the golden rule, and faith in God.Plato...
On the basis of Aristotle’s notion of a “substantial form” as the essence of a substance, which is denoted by the definiens of a definition, we can say: “Since only universals are definable, substantial forms are universals [...] being ‘predicated of many’ is what makes something ...
Confucianism - the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China deconstruction, deconstructionism - a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature...