Skip to content

Know Thyself

  • Home

Philosophy . Political Philosophy. Poetry . Psychology . Perspectives (on 10,000 things)

Category: Western Philosophy

Parmenides: Pre-Socratic Philosophy


Professor Angie Hobbs discusses the ancient Greek Pre-Socratic thinker, Parmenides. This is from the University of Sheffield. 00:00 Introduction 04:59 … More

Being, Early Greek Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Parmenides, Pre-Socratic Philosophy, The Way of Seeming, The Way of Truth

John Rawls and Liberalism as a Way of Life


by Alexandre Lefebvre in Aeon People who tick the ‘no religion’ box on the census are the fastest-growing population of … More

Liberalism, Liberalism as a way of Life, Liberalism as an alternative to religion, Rawls, Rawlsian Liberalism, Values

Philosophy was once alive


by Pranay Sanklecha I was searching for meaning and purpose so I became an academic philosopher. Reader, you might guess … More

Academia, Philosophy, Western Philosophy, What ails philosophy

Liberalism As a Way of Life


“Instead of distancing ourselves from mainstream liberal culture, I suggest that fulfillment and purpose can be found by delving deeper … More

Liberalism

Why I Voted for NOTA


I have gone and voted for NOTA (None of the Above). Why, you may ask. I am guided by political … More

2024 Elections, I Voted for NOTA, India Elections 2024, None of the Above, NOTA, Voting in 2024

Far right, misogynist, humourless? Why Nietzsche is misunderstood


from The Guardian: Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still … More

Misunderstanding Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Philosophy of Nietzsche

The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It


“One of the more unsettling discoveries in the past half a century is that the universe is not locally real. … More

Locality, Locally Real, Quantum mechanics, Quantum Physics, Reality, Reality of the World

Beyond Duality: How Quantum Physics and Vedanta Reveal a Unified Reality


This talk explores the fascinating intersection of Quantum Physics and Vedanta. Discover how scientific discoveries about the subatomic world mirror … More

Quantum mechanics, Quantum Physics, Reality of the World, Vedanta

Liberal Socialism Now


Very few of us expected liberalism to have such a rocky 21st century. At the turn of the 20th, liberal ideology and … More

Capitalism, Communism, Liberal Socialism, Liberalism, Marxism, Socialism

Purposeful Universe: Beyond Theism & Atheism


by Philip Goff, professor in philosophy at Durham University, UK Neither atheism nor theism adequately explains reality. That is why … More

Anthropic Principle, Atheism, Cosmological Constant, Fine Tuning of the Universe, God, Life, Problem of Evil, Purposeful Universe, Theism

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Follow Know Thyself on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 354 other subscribers

Archives

Categories

  • Acceptance (14)
  • Advaita (see Nonduality) (197)
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) (7)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) (8)
  • Bhagavad Gita (41)
  • Bible (17)
  • Buddhism (33)
  • Consciousness (Awareness) (165)
  • Enlightenment (185)
  • Free Will (39)
  • God (145)
  • Hinduism (203)
  • Ignorance (Maya, Avidya) (123)
  • India (22)
  • Indian Philosophy (190)
  • J. Krishnamurti (47)
  • Karma / Destiny (79)
  • Meditation (94)
  • Mind (130)
  • My Books (15)
  • My Poems (355)
  • My Quotes (539)
  • Nisargadatta Maharaj (49)
  • Nonduality (Advaita) (173)
  • Osho (18)
  • Philosophy for Everyday Life (756)
  • Poetry (47)
  • Political Philosophy (184)
  • Psychology (522)
  • Quotes (21)
  • Quran (Koran) (24)
  • Ramakrishna Paramahansa (23)
  • Ramana Maharshi (92)
  • Sankaracharya (13)
  • Self (Brahman) (161)
  • Self-enquiry (80)
  • Self-realization / Liberation (182)
  • Silence (37)
  • Surrender (34)
  • Swami Sarvapriyananda (37)
  • Thoughts / Thinking (66)
  • Uncategorized (62)
  • Upanishads (89)
  • Vedas (35)
  • Western Philosophy (87)

Blog Stats

  • 167,714 hits
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Know Thyself
    • Join 354 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Know Thyself
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar

Loading Comments...