The pathos of distance (Pathos der Distanz) is one of Nietzsche’s most revealing sociological and psychological concepts, introduced most prominently … More
Category: Western Philosophy
“The Owl of Minerva Takes Flight Only at Dusk”
Hegel’s line is arresting because it admits something philosophy rarely wants to confess: understanding arrives late. Minerva’s owl — symbol … More
The Bhagavad Gita Explained: Key Teachings and Insights
The Bhagavad Gita — spoken on a battlefield over two thousand years ago — remains one of the most profound guides to the human condition ever written. Yet its philosophical depth, Sanskrit terminology, and eighteen dense chapters can feel overwhelming to modern readers.
Sammary of the Bhagavad Gita by D. Samarender Reddy is not a translation or a conventional commentary. It is a guided philosophical journey through the Gita’s core teachings — written for the intelligent general reader who wants to genuinely understand what the Gita is saying, why it says it, and what difference it makes to how one lives.
The book covers the Gita’s two-tier vision of Reality, the Goal of Life as Krishna defines it (compared with Buddhism, Christianity, Stoicism, and modern psychology), the four paths of Karma Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga, and practical guidance on action, duty, meditation, and liberation. A complete fresh English translation of all eighteen chapters is included as an appendix.
Whether you are encountering the Gita for the first time or returning after years of study, this book will deepen your understanding of why this ancient dialogue continues to speak — with remarkable directness — to the most urgent questions of human life.
So, Claude, How would you define love? What is love?
So, Claude, How would you define love? What is love? Claude replied: This is the question, isn’t it. The one … More
Claude on the Different Forms of Love
Claude, So, how does desire and need for sex tie in with love? Where desire and need are admixed with … More
Philosophers Can Learn From Poets?
Philosophy has long claimed authority over meaning by virtue of its methods: argument, abstraction, and generalisation. Poetry, by contrast, has … More
Violence and Its Antidotes – by Stanford University Professor and Evolutionary Biologist Robert Sapolsky
Six (6) 1-hour Videos on Violence and Its Antidotes
Psychopathology and Social Psychology – by MIT Open Courseware
Psychopathology and Social Psychology – Four (4) 1-hour Videos – by MIT Open Courseware Psychopathology I: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011/resources/lecture-20-psychopathology-i/ Psychopathology II: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011/resources/lecture-21-psychopathology-ii/ … More
Jaspers’ Concept of Boundary Situations
Karl Jaspers’ “boundary situations” (Grenzsituationen) are inescapable, extreme life experiences like death, suffering, guilt, and struggle/chance, which shatter everyday reality … More
“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth”–Camus
For Albert Camus, “extreme truth” means confronting life’s inherent meaninglessness (the Absurd) by pushing beyond comfort, convention, and societal illusions, … More