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By : Alexander Krapenitskiy January 23, 2020January 29, 2020

How to live philosophically | On Plato’s theory of soul

What is it to live philosophically? If we are to know the answer, what should we do to get there? In this article, we discuss Plato’s theory of soul, its ethical consequences and applicability to life.

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By : Alexander Krapenitskiy September 19, 2019January 29, 2020

Things we learn from Plato’s dialogue Greater Hippias

In the series on the dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, we will go through his training in refutation. Only he who is trained in it can go to philosophy as a positive discipline; that is when one’s mind has an arbitrary form it cannot claim philosophical knowledge (wisdom) before they surrender themselves to philosophy as a negative discipline.

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By : Alexander Krapenitskiy May 26, 2018January 4, 2020

Loneliness, personality and society

Born into society, we reflect through it on ourselves. The role of an ideal community is to make us independent so that we can make our decisions. But we make choices among people; hence, due to our need for society, loneliness does not feel well for we are devoid of meaningful communication. Thus, to understand

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By : Alexander Krapenitskiy May 7, 2018January 4, 2020

Time Deconstructed | Augustine: Extension of the Mind

In the article on the Stoic philosopher Seneca, we analysed an ethical or practical take on time. He characterised it as the only possession man can have. Time appeared to be the place of the dispersal of human life. But what is time? Do we perceive it passively as something external? The most profound things

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By : Alexander Krapenitskiy May 6, 2018January 4, 2020

Time Deconstructed | Seneca: Saving Time

In these series we would like to present how time can be thought of in philosophy – that is, time reflected out and through man’s experience and then put back into the experience to transform or modify it. If time is viewed as an objective essence beyond all consciousness, then we deal with a scientific

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