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Philosophy Explainer
A retired judge found a University of Cape Town council member breached the council’s code and recommended expulsion. What the report says, what the council has not yet decided, and where Mill’s harm principle helps and stops.
Philosophy Explainer
Martha Nussbaum names ten central capabilities; Sen refuses a pre-determined list. The dispute is about paternalism; the Library of Congress named her the 2026 Kluge Prize recipient on 22 September 2026.
Philosophy Column
Seneca argued that life is long enough and that we lose a great deal of it. The strongest objection is his own fortune at Nero's court, and the test is a week of honest bookkeeping.
Philosophy Masterclass
Schopenhauer said all willing comes from lack. The treadmill of desire holds up, but his claim that all pleasure is negative does not. Here is why.
Philosophy Masterclass
For Camus the absurd is a relation, not a thing. Why suicide and false hope both fail, what revolt means, and whether Sisyphus's happiness can be argued for.
Philosophy Essay
The desolate architecture is ultimately a cathedral of shared sorrow—here’s the blueprint.
Philosophy Essay
Lyotard’s prophecy of a world without grand stories has become our daily reality. The question is whether we can weave justice from the ruins.
Philosophy Essay
We are no longer tortured in the public square. Instead, we are managed, measured, and optimized.
Philosophy Essay
Nature is a cruel stepmother, and happiness an illusion. Welcome to the liberating void of Leopardi.
Philosophy Essay
How a 1967 philosophical bombshell destroyed the illusion of absolute truth and liberated meaning.
Philosophy Essay
When the simulation becomes more real than reality itself. A deep dive into Baudrillard's masterpiece.
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