"Thales was the father of ancient philosophy. His consternation, and the firm beliefs to which this gave rise, were tr…"

"Spinoza’s formula, “Deus=natura=substantia”, like all conclusions drawn from it in his Ethics and his earlier works, …"

"One of the outstanding examples of the unfree character of modern philosophical thought is perhaps the famous dispute…"

"What can be more terrible than not to know whether one is alive or dead? “Justice” should insist that this knowledge …"

"Suppose Euripides is right, and that indeed no one can be sure whether life is not death and death life; can this tru…"

"There are no ideals exalting the soul, but only chains, invisible indeed, but binding man more securely than iron. An…"

"Plato, too, knew the “underground”, but her called it a “cave” and created his splendid world-famous myth in which me…"

"When he was in the settlement Dostoievsky was already especially attracted by these resolute men whom no obstacle cou…"

"Directly Kant hears the word “law” pronounced he takes his hat off; he neither wishes nor dares to dispute. He who sa…"

"To understand Plotinus's thought we have to study his writings, to read them not once but many times, and to seek pre…"