Specification has caused fragmentation. Modern philosophy has focused too long on one tiny slice of reality and the nature of Being for humans. In this age of unprecedented science and knowledge isn't it time for a reevaluation or even renewed appreciation of philosophers who addressed the big questions? No longer... Continue reading

Prologue Sometimes a man goes too far. The word hung in the air, pregnant, with a capital C, the ceiling fan not dissipating any of the hurt, the sting. It was quiet. The whoosh of the ceiling fan sounded like thunder in Vernon’s ears or if he really thought about... Continue reading

Proclus (c. AD-410-485). Pagan philosopher of Neoplatonism who became head of the Academy at Athens and was the last great systematizer of Greek philosophy. His works which survive in bulk, include: The Elements of Theology, Platonic Theology, and commentaries on several Platonic dialogues and on Euclid. His thought abounds triads:... Continue reading

So I decided to work for Lou and that’s how I met Benny. Screaming in agonizing pain, when trying not to scream in agonizing pain, while trying to hold your thumb together and great fountains of blood pouring over like some sick fucking red sundae of flesh, is not how... Continue reading

Nicholai Hartmann (1882-1950). German philosopher who abandoned his original neo-Kantian belief that objective reality is a mental construct and, in, for example, New Ways of Ontology, developed a realist ontology. There are various levels of being; inorganic, organic, spiritual, etc. A higher level is rooted in a lower, but not... Continue reading

Allameh Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938). Born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan), Iqbal was a Muslim thinker and poet. Educated in Berlin, his goal was to revitalize Islamic thought and re-establish its creative role in philosophy. His prose work, The Development of Metaphysics In Persia, is one of the first modern non-polemical... Continue reading

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600). Italian philosopher who sought to overthrow Aristotelianism and replace it with his own eclectic and often self contradictory philosophical system. He believed in an infinite universe which contained an infinite number of inhabited worlds, moving within an uncentered space and composed of minimal particles. Having been excommunicated... Continue reading

Well, hello. Welcome to Simple Philosophy. The objective of this blog is to present philosophy in an accessible, fun, practical, and funny (I know, a radical idea for philosophy) way. I've loved philosophy since my mom gave me a copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson's collected works, ("In yourself slumbers the... Continue reading