My article “Keeping Up With the Joneses” has been published in The Wire
Category: Western Philosophy
Where the Stoics go wrong, and how Nietzsche gets it right
“If Stoic wisdom helps you to live the way you want to, then go for it. But if, like me, … More
Western Philosophy Not Diverse and Global
Today, the view from, and out of, nowhere is common fare among philosophers when they seek to develop knockout, universal … More
Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
As he [Wittgenstein] puts it in the book’s [Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus] preface: “The aim of the book is to draw a … More
Socratic Humility
And yet for all this influence, many of our ways are becoming far from Socratic. More and more our politics … More
Five Reasons Why Morality is Distracting and Harmful
[My comment: That’s why Dharma is a better concept than morality since it takes into account the context in which … More
Has Western Philosophy Progressed?
Philosophy emerges as a series of arguments without end, and its questions settle into seemingly intractable problems. Here is a … More