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    The Wisdom of Age: Why Experience Still Matters in Our Digital World

    By Markus Uehleke

    Discover why the wisdom of age remains valuable in our fast-paced digital world. Learn how millennials blend traditional wisdom with modern insights, and when to apply age-old advice to contemporary challenges like careers and relationships.
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    It’s a Critical Time for Critical Thinking

    By Caroline Black

    Discover why critical thinking skills are essential in today's world of AI and misinformation. Learn how questioning assumptions, evaluating information, and being open to changing your views can protect you from scams, help combat false information, and empower you to envision a better world.
  • A painting showing hands writing a letter addressed "To Professor Kant," with an inkwell and papers on a wooden desk, rendered in warm golden-brown tones.

    Where Are the Women?: Maria von Herbert

    By Caroline Black

    Discover Maria von Herbert, the forgotten female philosopher who challenged Kant's categorical imperative through personal letters. Her profound critique exposed how rigid moral systems fail to address human suffering and emotional complexity, offering valuable insights on ethics while highlighting women's overlooked contributions to philosophy.
  • Illustration of a surveillance tower resembling a panopticon, with a guard inside watching rows of uniform, expressionless people walking in line below. Rays of light emphasize the watchtower’s presence. The phrases “Act normal.” and “They are watching.”

    The Modern Panopticon: How Foucault's Prison Theory Explains Today's Surveillance Society

    By Caroline Black

    Discover how Michel Foucault's panopticon theory explains our surveillance society. From Bentham's prison design to modern digital monitoring, learn how the fear of being watched shapes behavior and how power structures use surveillance to control populations.
  • A meme showing two hands draw a katana, revealing Nietzsche's quote: "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."

    Marx vs. Nietzsche: The Misunderstood Philosophy of 'Religion is the Opium of the People' and 'God is Dead'

    By Caroline Black

    Discover the true meaning behind Marx's "religion is the opium of the people" and Nietzsche's "God is dead" quotes. This exploration reveals how these philosophical statements are misunderstood when taken out of context, and why their actual meanings offer deeper insights than the memes suggest.
  • Diogenes of Sinope holds a lantern whose light casts a shadow forming a Stoic column, symbolizing Cynicism's influence on Stoic philosophy.

    From Cynicism to Stoicism: How Diogenes of Sinope Laid the Philosophical Foundation for Stoic Thought

    By Markus Uehleke

    Discover how Diogenes of Sinope's radical Cynicism laid the groundwork for Stoic philosophy. This analysis compares ancient texts to reveal how concepts of self-sufficiency, emotional detachment, and cosmopolitanism evolved from provocative Cynic practices into the systematic philosophical framework of Stoicism.