After thousands of years of philosophy, the meaning of life can be summed up in a word

Life can be truly rotten, but words are among the consolations available to us. We spend a lot of time marvelling at works of ...

Jonathan Lear, a noted U. of C. philosophy professor, has died at 76

Jonathan Lear was a longtime University of Chicago philosophy professor and psychoanalyst whose areas of study encompassed ...
CounterPunch

How To Use Philosophy: The Achievement of Alexander Nehamas

Most academics are specialists. So, for example, they provide interpretations of Baudelaire’s poems, offer accounts of the history of Venice, or reconstruct Kant’s philosophy. Their work is valuable ...
The Nation

Jürgen Habermas Still Believes in Modernity

A conversation with the German theorist about the history of Western philosophy and more. In 2019, Jürgen Habermas—perhaps Europe’s most well-known living philosopher—published his long-awaited Auch ...
Saint Louis University

Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University is distinguished by a long-standing tradition of pluralism both of methodology and interest. In recent years, we have gained national and ...
The New York Times

NEW PUBLICATIONS.; MAX MULLER'S PHILOSOPHY. LECTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION. As Illustrated by the Religions of India. By F. MAX MULLER, M.A. New-York ...

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