Socrates is on trial for his life. He is charged with impiety and corrupting young people. He presents his own defense, explaining why he has devoted his life to challenging the...
Berkeley uses the Socratic mode of inquiry in "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" to question fundamental beliefs about knowledge and reality. These dialogues are...
Since it was developed, Newton‘s law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle.Deriving Newton‘s law of...
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of "anti-natalism." They discuss the asymmetry between the good and bad...
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods, moral illusions, the asymmetry...
Can justice be forced on individuals and communities? The essays in this collection by Henry David Thoreau urge us to consider the difficult matter of how to counter the specific...
In this new book, instead of a simple opposition to the new Chinese expansionist policy ("One Belt One Road Initiative"), Professor Mauricio Sousa argues that the European Union...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Gstaad gathering in Switzerland, 1974.This talk: What Will Make Me See That Thought Breeds Frustration? – 21 August 1965.• What is the...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Gstaad gathering in Switzerland, 1965.This talk: From Where Do Attachment and Detachment Come? – 24 August 1965.• What is the...
Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Claremont gathering in California, 1968.This talk: Learning Is Action – 12 November 1968.• Our education is concerned with the...