Ever wondered where the whole concept of “role models” came from? We love to throw around the term, especially when we’re looking for someone to…
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Category: Existentialism
Parmenides’s central idea is that only “what is” truly exists, and he denies the existence of void or nothingness. This means that reality is a…
9.5 My body and mind are banding together to tell me to slow down again. Two hours of sleep amidst a migraine–it’s becoming all too…
Philosophers have debated for centuries whether happiness is the ultimate goal of human life. Aristotle thought so, coining the term eudaimonia, which is often translated…
Ancient Greece was home to a wide variety of philosophical explanations for how the world came into existence. While there was no unified explanation, several…
The Homeric worldview, as grand as it sounds, was basically like living in a mythological-themed soap opera; where gods had more say in your love…
Finding Personal Purpose in a World Without Inherent Meaning The idea that life has no inherent meaning is a heavy one. As someone deeply enthralled…
Parmenides’s philosophical distinction between the Way of Truth (Aletheia) and the Way of Opinion (Doxa) is one of his most significant contributions to ancient philosophy.…
Parmenides’s Poem “On Nature” is considered his central work, where he presents his philosophical views on being, reality, and knowledge. The poem begins with Parmenides…