Freedom and Flourishing

  Some readers will be wondering what the question means. What is this daimon? How does it relate to eudaimonia? How can you identify your d...

  I have read a great deal of the fiction written by Jean Paul Sartre, but my knowledge of his philosophical works is second-hand. I read Na...

  In my discussion of Steven Pinker’s book, Rationality, I referred to his observation that people tend to have a reality mindset in the wo...

Vipassana is an ancient form of meditation based on practice of equanimity in observation of physical sensations and thoughts. As people who...

  The kid in the photo believed that the material world is an illusion. Those beliefs about the nature of reality probably led him to be som...

  Some things I have read recently led me begin to wonder whether there is a general tendency for women to value equality and security more ...

  I was pondering this question while reading David Eagleman’s book, Livewired: the inside story of the ever-changing brain. Eagleman is a n...

 After I stumbled across that quote a few days ago, it struck me that Erasmus might have something relevant to say to people living today. ...

  The ongoing public debate between “right to life” and “freedom to choose” advocates, seems to be falsely suggesting that a choice must be ...