A Friendly Conversation by the Hearth

Jordy is a metaphysician whose theory based on the arguments of reason. While Dave is an empiricist whose conclusions derived through experience, and thinks that metaphysics should be “committed to the flames.” They are in the philosopher’s afterlife outside of time, overseeing the entire history of philosophy while sipping a glass of wine by the hearth. …

United by the Tie of a Common Doom

My old man just passed away. Epicurus, in his “Letter to Menoeceus,” says that death should be of no concern to the living, because those who are living are not dead and those who are dead do not exist any longer. “Death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as …

Philosophy for Everyday Life with Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell talks about the nature, purpose, and importance of philosophy in “Philosophy for Laymen” (1946). He lists a set of questions that belong to philosophical inquiry such as “Do we survive death in any sense, and if so, do we survive for a time or for ever? Can mind dominate matter, or does matter …