René Descartes
René Descartes Cogito and elenchos Thomas Masini Philosophy Sometimes, in philosophy, a thinker decides to start anew from the principle, in attempting to give a novel, solid foundation…
René Descartes Cogito and elenchos Thomas Masini Philosophy Sometimes, in philosophy, a thinker decides to start anew from the principle, in attempting to give a novel, solid foundation…
Deus sive Natura Benedict de Spinosa Thomas Masini Philosophy Few people in the history of philosophy have the theoretical depth and persuasive power of Spinoza. Born in Amsterdam…
Withdrawing into the night of oneself Levinas, the enigma and his caress. Nausica Manzi Philosophy Night-time represents fear, loss of perspective and a disarray of lives; it is a process…
Pre-established harmony Gottfried W. von Leibniz Thomas Masini Philosophy Every monad, since it can potentially constitute any kind of compound and cannot communicate in any way with the outside, must…
The veil of Isis Technology and responsibility Nausica Manzi Philosophy We are complex systems immersed in a shifting web of intertwined threads of a technological civilisation that is advancing in…
The harmonious bond Escher and the origin of complexity Nausica Manzi Philosophy Each is a bond of union, an embodied bond of skin as in Escher's drawings, is transformed into…
David Hume Critique about causality Thomas Masini Philosophy Hume completes his critique of the principle of causality and determines that it is not possible to demonstrate the regularity of nature…
Emil M. Cioran from "On the Heights of Despair" Thomas Masini Philosophy On the heights of despair, the passion for the absurd is the only thing that can still throw…
EmmanuelLevinas In the time of the nations Nausica Manzi Philosophy There must be judgments, the state, political authority. The unique beings recognized by love, which are extrinsic to all genera,…
DAIMON The song of the phoenix Nausica Manzi Philosophy The daimon becomes the new appearance of those naked souls and the eternal voice of a soul-song, a phoenix that explodes…