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Plato (428 – 348BC) is considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. His contributions have had a lasting impact on the development of Western Continue Reading
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who is known for his criticism of traditional values, including morality and religion. His philosophy is centred on the idea of “life-affirmation,” which involves Continue Reading
When answering this question modern mystics rarely if ever pay any attention to the material world when making the claim that ‘we’re all one thing.’ They tend to consider the Continue Reading
I want you to imagine briefly, for a few moments if you will, how it feels to do the most menial work that you can imagine, whether that’s washing dishes Continue Reading
The working class are not ‘Woke,’ which is supposed to be ‘alert to injustice,’ on account of the fact that they don’t need to be, having experienced much more discrimination Continue Reading
Pretty soon in the UK we’ll see the arrival of motorcars that know the speed limit and will warn you not to exceed it, eventually these will be replaced by Continue Reading
I’ve been waiting for roughly ten weeks to write this piece, the result of a recent accident in which I broke my wrist, causing a permanent disability. It wasn’t the Continue Reading
‘Negate to liberate’ is the motto of the happy nihilist! Most people seeking the meaning of life never stop to consider that perhaps there never was one to begin with. Continue Reading
We’ve all had those moments when without warning we meet the gaze of a random stranger and time seems to stop. Without so much as a word they empty their Continue Reading
When I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s there was a popular saying doing the rounds that went along the lines of ‘never discuss religion and Continue Reading
Let’s begin by saying something bold, philosophy is first and foremost about using the rational faculty that all human beings possess to determine personal happiness. In order to find happiness, Continue Reading
Welcome to the first of an occasional series of philosophical fiction from the Stand Up Philosophers – This compendium of 5 science fiction and fantasy articles is a light read Continue Reading
Why am I anxious? Your conscious mind is like an ant that rides on top of an elephant. It might think that it’s in charge, but it isn’t! Continue Reading
Ancient wisdom for the modern world – If you’re looking for a book on stoicism that covers a broad range of issues, in an easily digestible format then you’ve come Continue Reading
There is a great deal of information present within all of reality, so much so that the sensory input of it all can be overwhelming. Human brains, minds and sensory Continue Reading
Was a question asked by an unknown student attending Plato’s Academy, who was then promptly thanked for his interest and dismissed from the class which in retrospect seems a little Continue Reading
An experience of nothing is a very sought-after meditative discipline in the Buddhist community, usually it takes a long time, years in fact for a Buddhist practitioner to attain the Continue Reading
Nihilists negate any sense of personal meaning as illusory, this might sound pessimistic but it doesn’t have to be. The mind that makes a judgement of pessimism is also capable Continue Reading