This article first appeared in Philosophy Share issue 20, December 2023. On October 6th, 2023, in London’s National Gallery, members of Just Stop Oil, a climate activism group, raised their…
I. Coronation Day: A Tale of Two Londons London awakens to a dawn unlike any other. It’s the day of coronation, the day when Charles, heir to the British throne…
Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) strongly believed in the innate goodness of the human being. Born in Geneva,…
John Locke (1632 – 1704) is considered to be one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers. Born in England, he is commonly known as the father of Liberalism and a…
Born in England in 1588, Thomas Hobbes is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy. He is today best known for his book Leviathan (1651), where he formulated…
Plato’s theory of Forms sheds light on his ideas about the soul. First of all, he claims that the body and the soul are distinct. First to exist is the…