Arthur Schopenhauer. Artistosteles, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher known for his pessimistic view of human existence. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), Schopenhauer’s philosophy was deeply influenced by...
David Hume Statue. Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash In this article, we shall discuss the great Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, David Hume, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers...
John Locke Portrait. Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In this article, we shall discuss English philosopher John Locke, also known as the Father of Liberalism, who is widely regarded as one of...
Friedrich Nietzsche. Image by WikiImages from Pixabay In this article, we shall discuss German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in contemporary philosophy. Who was...
Aristotle bronze statue. Image by 1195798 from Pixabay In this article, we shall discuss the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who is one of the greatest and most influential figures in Western philosophy. Who was Aristotle?...
Plato. Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay In this article, we shall discuss about one of the most significant figures in the history of Western thought, a man known as Plato, with the help...
Montesquieu. After Jacques-Antoine Dassier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Few thinkers have had as much impact on the legal and political fields as the famous French political philosopher Montesquieu. Montesquieu’s writings have influenced constitutions...
Jiddu Krishnamurti. Albert Witzel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. India is a land not short of its own eminent philosophers and spiritual and religious teachers. In fact, I will even go as far as...
Quote by Epictetus (meaning “It is more necessary to heal the soul than the body, for it is better to die than to live badly”). Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. I am excited to...
Zeno of Citium. Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay We have all heard of Stoicism somehow or somewhere or the other. We have heard of the famous Stoic school of philosophy and many even...
