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Nietzsche believed that the central task of philosophy was to teach us to 'become who we are'. You can find out more about him and other great thinkers in our ...

Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled. For books from ...

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-philosophy-of-stoicism-massimo-pigliucci What is the best life we can live? How can we cope with whatever the ...

Lecture 1, The Analytic Tradition, Spring 2017—for a syllabus with a list of readings in the course, see http://philosophical.space/327.

The only real question of philosophy is whether or not we should commit suicide, said Albert Camus. His thought was constantly rich and provocative (and he ...

Explore the ancient Greek philosophy of cynicism, which calls for the rejection of materialism and conformity in favor of a simple life. -- In the 4th century BCE, ...

French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus believed that life has no inherent meaning and is, therefore, absurd. Cuts, voice, footage, script by Einzelgänger.

A well-known concept that has emerged from Taoist philosophy is wu wei, that can be translated as “non-action”, “effortless action”, or the paradoxical “action of ...