Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes. Today: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: “It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul…” (more...)

Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes! Today: Socrates on knowing that you know nothing. (more...)

Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes! Today: Immanuel Kant on how to treat human beings. (more...)

Christopher Hamilton’s “Rapture” is a very pleasant, well-written, intelligent, and inspiring essay on the many meanings of human lives. (more...)

Looking for a life-changing summer read? Here are Daily Philosophy’s recommendations for five of the most inspiring books that everyone should know. (more...)

Humans are the only species that can both cause and contemplate their own extinction. Our enormous technological and philosophical abilities put us in a unique existential situation. (more...)

From ancient China and the European Middle Ages, to zombies, Frankenstein’s monster and HAL 9000, our literary tradition is full of robots – sometimes helpful, sometimes threatening, and always questioning what it really means to be human. (more...)

On April 25, 1953, Watson and Crick published their paper on the structure of the DNA molecule in the journal Nature. This was the beginning of all modern molecular biology and genetic engineering. (more...)

I tried out Jasper AI, a computer program that generates natural language text. It turns out that it can create near-perfect output that would easily pass for a human-written undergraduate philosophy paper. (more...)

Hermits, from the Greek “eremites,” (=men of the desert), are found in all cultures and at all times. In this article, we look at the phenomenon of hermit life as a whole, before we go into more detail in future posts in this series. (more...)

Hermits have always lived apart from the societies of their times. But do they have the secret key to happiness? (more...)

The Dao De Jing, one of the main books of Daoism, has always appealed to hermits. In this article, we look at it through a hermit’s eyes. (more...)

From a Kantian lens, reducing a person to their appearance or sexuality treats them as a means to visual pleasure, not as a rational being. (more...)

Should we legalise recreational drug use? This article explains seven arguments against legalising recreational drugs. (more...)

For Aristotle, the moral development of a person progresses in three stages: from akrates, to enkrates, to sophron or wise person. (more...)

The “Fair Innings Argument” assumes that there is such a thing as a fair share of life. But can we compare different lives in this way? (more...)

We all want our money to serve the right cause – but how can we make sure that it will? Catherine Greene on what is involved in ethical investing and ESG considerations. (more...)

Who does not know that feeling when a discussion becomes unfair, as if sabotaged? You make a good point, but suddenly the person you’re talking to says something odd, absurd or irrelevant. (more...)

Thales of Miletus is generally cited as one of the first philosophers, although his contributions extended to many sciences and even to business endeavors. (more...)

In 1935, a bad trip triggered Jean-Paul Sartre’s deep-rooted fear of sea creatures. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by crabs and lobsters. (more...)

April 26, 121 AD marks the birthday of Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, who still inspires us today with his sense of humility and duty. (more...)

What exactly did Gandhi mean by nonviolence, where did the idea come from in Hindu thought, how was it meant to work as a political method, and how does it compare with Jesus, Tolstoy, Thoreau, King and the civil resistance movements of the twentieth century? (more...)

A couple who chose eternal youth must decide whether to grow old again in order to have a child. A short story about love, mortality, and the price of a family. (more...)

Promoting human-made art. This week, and artwork by Rossella Vingelli. (more...)

Who was Friedrich Nietzsche, what did he write, and what did he mean by the death of God, master and slave morality, the will to power, the Übermensch and eternal recurrence? A guide to his life, works, ideas and lasting relevance. (more...)

What is bad faith (mauvaise foi) in Sartre’s philosophy? Sartre’s examples of the waiter and the woman on a date explained, and how bad faith compares to Heidegger’s authenticity, Nietzsche’s herd morality and Fromm’s escape from freedom. (more...)

A guide to Plato’s Lysis, the first philosophical work on friendship: its setting, Socrates' conversation with Lysis and Menexenus, the puzzles about like and unlike, the ‘first friend’, the famous ending, and why this short dialogue still matters. (more...)