Philoshopy of Life

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 [...]

Marx extrapolates from Hegel. Marx, ultimately a student of Hegel, states that when the slave or proletariat becomes so alienated from life and made so miserable by their existence, with the accumulation of knowledge that the proletariat attains through their work, this enables the proletariat to overthrow the master, and form a new society.
While it [...]