Philosophy
Is the will of the majority always right?Socrates said, “Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?” What did he mean by this?
Creative Writing
A short story about leaving home.
Philosophy
Aristotle’s argument against democracy
An analogy to best describe Aristotle’s views on the supremacy of a monarchal government is that of the musical harmony created by an orchestra.
Philosophy
Of Liberty and Law
Why do we have speed limits, and why do we have speed cameras?
Can we choose which laws we follow, and if everybody breaks the law does that make it alright? An essay on the pandemic and covid rules.
Philosophy
Of Liberty and Law
Why do we have speed limits, and why do we have speed cameras?
Can we choose which laws we follow, and if everybody breaks the law does that make it alright? An essay on the pandemic and covid rules.
Philosophy
When is liberty worth fighting a revolution for?
Should individual rights take precedence over the collective good?
What were the views of English philosophers Hobbes and Locke?
Philosophy
What was Rousseau and Hobbes’ view of the ‘state of nature’?
Hobbes famously surmised that in the state of nature – life was ‘nasty, brutish, and short’, but was he right?
Philosophy & Politics
What was Marx’s problem with capitalism?
Is greater state control of the economy the solutuon to a post Covid recession?
Karl Marx wrote extensively about the evils of capitalism – are these criticisms releveant today?
Philosophy
How did Sartre and Beauvoir explain the philosophy of existentialism?
Did Simone de Beauvoir improve on Sartre’s views?
What did these two giants of exististentialism agree on, and what did they not?
History & Philosophy
Remembering and forgetting in Ireland
Where does tradition meet collective memory?
What gives a country an identity and does tradition come from story or history?
Philosophy
Buddhism and the philosophy of compassion
A comparison of the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Shantideva
What do we understand by the term “compassion” and how does it differ from sympathy and pity?
Philosophy and Religion
Is religion always synonymous with belief in the supernatural?
Did Comte’s religion of “Positivism” break this link?
Thoughts on whether belief or faith can be exclusive of a deity.
History
The history of the print revolution
What was the impact on the production of both written texts and music?
In 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the modern printing press – things have never been the same since.
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Hi, I’m The Sage and this my Page. Here are some of my thoughts in Essay form. Please comment whether good or bad. Argument is not about being right or more right, it is about challenging our own beliefs by considering those of others.
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