Philoshopy of Life

With a lawyer’s precision, Paley first imagines what it would be to encounter a stone, then to encounter a watch upon the ground. The watch must have a contriver and the contrivance must have a purpose, even though the finder might never have seen a watch made. Of course the watch could be faulty, or [...]

The origins of the One Thousand and One Nights are lost in time, but until today, it remains one of the most meaningful legacies of the middle eastern philosophy.
Hidden in the smell of incense, the silky pillows and the golden chandeliers that ornate the imaginary scenario of the One Thousand and One Nights, the universal [...]

Philosophy is often suspected of being intangible and impractical. Although “principles” are abstract, with practice people can learn to see them. “[Ethics is] is the philosophical study of morality. The word is also commonly used interchangeably with ‘morality’ to mean the subject matter of this study; and sometimes it is used more narrowly to mean [...]

One of the most enigmatic operas of all times, The Magic Flute is powerful and enchanting. However, at first sight, one may not notice its philosophical meaning.
According to the biographer Otto Jahn, who wrote The Life of Mozart (Oxford University Press, 1882), Mozart belonged to a family related to Freemasons and became a Mason [...]