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Johann Caspar Schmidt(1806-1856) is a German philosopher that used the pen name Max Stirner. His penn name that allegedly originated from his large forehead(“Max” for maximal, “Stirner” for the German

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One of the most infamous concepts in philosophy is the Hegelian dialectic. It is named after the most famous philosopher from a movement called “German Idealism”, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel(1770-1831).

The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has gained increased popularity over the last few years. While it used to be a fringe group that supported it there are now prominent advocates for the concept

Dada is a movement within art that started in Zurich, Switzerland in 1916. One of the most influential figures in this movement was Hugo Ball (1886-1927) who is often considered to be the founder of this

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher that pioneered the idea of metaphysical pessimism in his opus magnum “Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung“(1818), translated “The world as will and

Ancient Greece is known for being the place of birth of western philosophy. With many great minds like Aristotle (384-322 BC) and Plato (428-348 BC) they have provided us with a seemingly endless pool

Zeno of Elea (490-430 BC) is a Greek philosopher who was part of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides of Elea (501-470 BC). He is most famous for his paradoxes with which he aims to disprove the concept

Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy that covers the fundamental questions of how a state should be organized and which goals a state should have. One of the first political philosophers who

The categorical imperative is one of the most widely known philosophical concepts. It was intruduced by the famous German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) in his very influencial work “Groundwork

“Alleszermalmer der Metaphysik“( translated: “the destroyer of metaphysics“) is one of the surnames uttered by one of Kant’s fellow philosophers in his age, Moses Mendelsson( 1729-1786 ). This surname

Metaphysics is one of the first branches of philosophy and it originates in anchient greece. The Term itself consists of the word "meta" which means beyond and "physics" which is as

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I am a physics student and I like to read about philosophy and to think about the big questions in life. Through this blog I would like to write about philosophy, art, music, science and other topics that

While it is a very commonly used word not a lot of people know how to categorize the discipline of Philosophy. To tacle this question we have to first focus in on the term "philosophy" itself.