In “Difference and Repetition,” Gilles Deleuze takes on the complex task of redefining foundational philosophical concepts like difference and repetition, often subverting conventional understandings. Here’s…

Exploring Authenticity: A Comparative Analysis of Nietzsche and Sartre on Authentic Choices Friedrich Nietzsche: Authenticity: For Nietzsche, authenticity is closely tied to the “will to…

Drawing inspiration from kennings, one can delve into the broader role of metaphor in cognition. George Lakoff and Mark Johnson‘s “Metaphors We Live By” is…

Kennings, with their poetic and condensed metaphors, have long been recognized in literature and linguistics as a unique form of signification. But when analyzed through…

“Enclothed cognition” is a term that refers to the systematic influence that clothing has on a wearer’s psychological processes. It’s based on the symbolic meaning…

“Zufriedenheit schützt selbst vor Erkältung. Hat je sich ein Weib, das sich gut bekleidet wusste, erkältet? – Ich setze den Fall, das es kaum bekleidet…

Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher born in Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Turkey), around 50 CE. He spent much of his early life in Rome as a…

Origins of Logical Thought: Before the development of formal logic, which can be traced back to Aristotle’s works in the 4th century BCE, several intellectual…

Didactic wisdom literature refers to a genre of texts that primarily aims to instruct or educate. These texts, often found in ancient literature and philosophical…