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How can the lessons of the past help us navigate the turbulence of the present and future? Social philosopher Roman Krznaric explores why history isn’t just a record of what’s gone wrong — it’s also…

We have a great deal of trouble telling what is innate and what is learned in human nature, whether ideas or emotions

From classic texts to modern philosophy books for beginners, these are the best philosophy books to fill your shelves with.

Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong.

«An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), David Hume argues that inductive logic is unjustified. Inductive logic is the process of making observations and then drawing larger conclusions from limited data»

Professor Jonardon Ganeri FBA explains the meanings and uses of philosophy, from the ancient world to the present day.

«To do philosophy nowadays is to attend to the ways things are by attending to the concepts according to which we understand them.»

INTRO Here’s a short introduction to some of the most fascinating philosophical issues about happiness. We are going to look at three...

Arnold Bennett’s How to Live on 24 Hours a Day explores a meaningful life by addressing the age-old question: how can we make the best use of our time?

«What you learn today becomes the scaffolding to solving tomorrow’s problem.»

“Courage, devotion, the spirit of sacrifice, are as contagious as cowardice, submission, and panic.”

Seven tactics from the ancient world that have stood the test of time

The modern world is disenchanted. God remains dead. But our need for transcendence lives on. How should we fulfil it?

We can't wait for tech regulation and competition reform to ensure ethical AI. We need to move forward now.

Spartan resilience test or ancient Buddhist philosophy? How social media gave an old idea a modern, if unfortunate, spin.

The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to restrain themselves from excessive eating, drinking, scrolling, and shoppin...

«Become this more skillful kind of pleasure seeker, an enjoyer of the stuff that happens anyway.»

Registration for my new course, Everyday Energy opens next week. In anticipation, I’ve written an essay series covering the central philosophy of the course. If you’re just joining us, check out the…

We've all done reckless, stupid things in our time, and have walked away without much damage. How far is our life governed by "moral luck"?

When most people think of philosophy, they likely imagine indecipherable books that stretch on for a thousand pages, saying and solving…

The Sphinx, the Leviathan, the Minotaur, the Kitsune, and the Garuda. We are all philosophers, but what kind of philosopher are you?

I was re-reading Seneca’s On Providence this morning. I’ve read it a bunch of times before, but it hit hard again. Every time I feel complacent or start complaining too much, I go back to the Stoics.…

To bring the best out of your teams, don’t flex like Maximus — try leaning into a “helpful fight” instead.

I think it’s safe to say that no one is great at anything by accident. So in one sense, greatness is a choice. We choose to be great. You get to decide, ‘I’m going to take this craft, sport, talent,…

«There are so many people out there who are utterly extraordinary at what they do, but whose greatness—for one reason or another—doesn’t translate into mass appeal, doesn’t command high compensation, doesn’t receive the recognition it deserves.»

Sign up for the Mini Philosophy newsletter A place to pause and reflect on life’s bigger questions, with Big Think’s Jonny Thomson. Psychology is largely the study of correlations and the extent to…

Coach Pete Carroll has said that another disappointing season with the New England Patriots—some 15 years into his career—it struck him that he didn’t actually have a coaching philosophy. He was…

To understand life, we must stop treating organisms like machines and minds like code.

Stoicism is a workout that builds emotional strength, a caulking of the timbers to enable us to weather the coming storms—a preparation we make precisely because the ocean voyage is so rewarding.

Sign up for Roots of Progress Substack The history of technology and the philosophy of progress “In America we have created a new race,” wrote Lewis Mumford in 1940, “with healthy physiques, sometimes…

«opulence of carefully packaged emptiness”»

The long read: Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences