Albert Camus’ introduction Albert Camus was an Algerian-French writer, novelist, metaphysical essayist playwright, and a Nobel prize-winner. While he was neither by formal training nor a philosopher by practice, his novels, studies, papers, essays, and speeches, it ranges from extremism and political extremism to even suicide and capital punishment. He made significant, influential inputs to […]
The Following is an Excerpt from this Book Albert Camus (Nov 7, 1913 – Jan 4, 1960) was an Algerian born French author, journalist, and philosopher. In 1957, at the age of 44, he has conferred the Nobel Prize in Literature, in history’s the second-youngest recipient. Camus had been born to French parents in Algeria. […]
Aldous Huxley: An introduction Aldous Huxley was born in the year 1894 in Surrey, England. He had been the third son of the novelist and school teacher Leonard Huxley, who transcribed Cornhill Magazine also his first wife, Julia Arnold, who established Prior’s Field School. Julia was the poet and critic’s Matthew Arnold’s niece and Ms. […]
The Following is an Excerpt from this Book Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a prominent English author and one of the famous Huxley family’s most influential members. He had published a variety of novels, on different topics. Many of his books deal with contemporary culture, with the implications of […]
The Following is an Excerpt from this Book George Orwell was born on 25 June 1903 in Motihari in Bihar (then, British India). His great-grandfather, Charles Blair, was a rich country fellow of England and had an income as a landlord of plantations in Jamaica. His grandfather, Thomas Blair, was a clergyman. Eric Blair (Orwell) […]
About this Book Philosophy is not a “Lifestyle”. Each individual does not have his or her own “Logic”. Philosophy is not just a hypothesis about something. Nor is Philosophy a conviction or a wish. Logic is an action: a mission after intelligence. Philosophy is a movement of thought. Philosophy is a specific one of a […]
About this Book Philosophy deals with finding answers to questions related to existence, enlightenment, knowledge, duty, etc. through critical reasoning and arguments. Kantianism is an important part of western philosophy. Categorical Imperatives (CI) are central to Kantian ethics. They are unconditional and absolute and must be followed under all circumstances without any regard to desires […]
About this Book Dialectic is a method of discussion between two arguments in an effort to finding a better truth and throughout histories, various philosophers have come up with their own logic of dialectic. Hegelian dialectic was born during the modern philosophy time, adopting Plato’s dialectic with Hegel’s own touch to it. Hegelian dialectic unites […]