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Light, conversational, entertaining and intellectually stimulating. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div></section></div><div><div class="flex home-section-title justify-between start mw9 f4 mh3 mv3"><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3">Modern life</div><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3"><a href=/categories/modern-life>More »</a></div></div><section class="flex-ns flex-wrap justify-around mt1"><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/gottschlich-automated-thinking/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/gottschlich-automated-thinking/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><div class="lh-solid gallery-displayauthor2 f4">Max Gottschlich</div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Studying Philosophy at a Time of Automated Thinking</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Notes to the philosophy student</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Philosophy starts by questioning what the other sciences presuppose, the assumptions of all activity, cognition, and knowledge as a whole. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/erich-fromms-new-society/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/erich-fromms-new-society/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Erich Fromm’s New Society</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Can we build a better world?</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Philosopher and social psychologist Erich Fromm analysed the problems of Western, capitalist societies. We look at his ideas for the perfect society. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/stunning-ai-generated-art-stable-diffusion/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/stunning-ai-generated-art-stable-diffusion/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Stunning AI-Generated Art</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">How it works and what it means</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">A sample of AI art generated by Stable Diffusion. Is AI generated art different from human art, and is it art at all? <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div></section></div><div><div class="flex home-section-title justify-between start mw9 f4 mh3 mv3"><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3">Hermits</div><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3"><a href=/categories/hermits>More »</a></div></div><section class="flex-ns flex-wrap justify-around mt1"><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/hermits-solitude-and-contentment/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/hermits-solitude-and-contentment/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Solitude and Contentment</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Lessons from hermit lives</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Hermits have always lived apart from the societies of their times. But do they have the secret key to happiness? <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/modern-hermits/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/modern-hermits/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Three Modern Hermits</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Following one’s own way</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">We visit three very different hermits: Agafia Lykova in remote Siberia, Mauro Morandi on a Mediterranean island paradise, and Lincolnshire nun Rachel Denton. What unites them and gives their lives meaning? <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/rodriguez-the-book-of-hermits/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/rodriguez-the-book-of-hermits/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Robert Rodriguez: The Book of Hermits</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Book review</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Robert Rodriguez’ “The Book of Hermits” is a work of impressive scholarship, covering the global history and lore of eremitism from antiquity to the present. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div></section></div><div class="flex flex-columns flex-wrap w-100 center justify-between"><div class="w-50-l w-100"><div class="flex home-section-title justify-between start mw9 f4 mh3 mv3"><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3">Classics</div><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3"><a href=/categories/classics>More »</a></div></div><section class="flex-ns flex-column mt1"><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/sternbergs-triangular-theory-of-love/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/sternbergs-triangular-theory-of-love/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love</h1><div class="subtitlesmall2 mv1">What is love made of?</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Robert Sternberg thinks that we can best describe love as composed of three “primary” …</div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/anagnostou-laoutides-plato-politics-of-wine-part-2/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/anagnostou-laoutides-plato-politics-of-wine-part-2/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">Plato and the Ancient Politics of Wine (2)</h1><div class=subtitlesmall2>Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Plato’s use of drunkenness, mainly in the Symposium but also in the Phaedrus, is a …</div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/what-is-a-stoic-person/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/what-is-a-stoic-person/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">What Is a Stoic Person?</h1><div class="subtitlesmall2 mv1">Learning to control one’s mind</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">A Stoic is an adherent of Stoicism, an ancient Greek and Roman philosophy of life. …</div></div></div></a></article></div></section></div><div class="w-50-l w-100"><div class="flex home-section-title justify-between start mw9 f4 mh3 mv3"><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3">Inspiration</div><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3"><a href=/categories/inspiration>More »</a></div></div><section class="flex-ns flex-column mt1"><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/life-is-a-skill/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/life-is-a-skill/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">Life Is a Skill</h1><div class="subtitlesmall2 mv1">Aristotle's Eudaimonia</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Aristotle on living a life well through exercising one’s virtues.</div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/richard-taylor-on-the-creative-life/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/richard-taylor-on-the-creative-life/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">Richard Taylor on the Creative Life</h1><div class="subtitlesmall2 mv1">Real creativity is not only in art</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Richard Taylor (1919–2003) thought that it’s creativity that makes us feel happy and …</div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/sex-sugar-and-the-circle-of-life/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="w-50-l w-100-m w-100"><figure class="ml0 mt0 mb0-ns vertical-thumbnail2"><div class="vertical-thumbnail lazyload" data-bg=/sex-sugar-and-the-circle-of-life/featured-500px.jpg style=color:#fff;center;background-size:cover alt=Image defer></div><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="w-100 ph2"><h1 class="mt0 mb1 f3 fw4 lh-title">St Augustine on the Function and Pleasure of Sex</h1><div class="subtitlesmall2 mv1">The real cost of pure pleasure</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">For St Augustine, the pleasure inherent in any activity is good as long as the …</div></div></div></a></article></div></section></div></div><div><div class="flex home-section-title justify-between start w100 mw9 f4 mh3 mv3"><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3">Ethics</div><div class="mt4 mt4-m mt0-l f3-l f3"><a href=/categories/ethics>More »</a></div></div><section class="flex-ns flex-wrap justify-around mt1"><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/arguments-in-favour-drug-legalisation/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/arguments-in-favour-drug-legalisation/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Six Reasons to Legalise Recreational Drugs</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">The main arguments</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">Should we legalise recreational drug use or not? This article explains the most important six arguments in favour of the legalisation of recreational drugs. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/ethics-of-war-ukraine-russia-1/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/ethics-of-war-ukraine-russia-1/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">The Ukraine Conflict and the Ethics of War</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Philosophy and current affairs</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">What are the moral rules for war, how can wars be justified and are we obliged to help a country that has been attacked? Just War Theory applied to the current conflict in the Ukraine. <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/accented-podcast-legalising-drugs/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/accented-podcast-legalising-drugs/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Legalising drugs</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">The Accented Philosophy Podcast</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">The relevant philosophy podcast with Dr Ezechiel Thibaud and Dr Andreas Matthias. Two philosophers with cute accents and their guests discuss the intricacies of modern life. Brought to you by daily-philosophy.com. Every Tuesday. Today: Should we legalise drugs? <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/lucy-weir-agency-in-the-anthropocene/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/lucy-weir-agency-in-the-anthropocene/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><div class="lh-solid gallery-displayauthor2 f4">Lucy Weir</div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Agency in the Anthropocene</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">How much choice do you actually have?</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">If we are natural beings who evolved with everything else, why have we had such a hugely detrimental impact on that biosphere, which also happens to be our home? <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/kant-on-how-to-deserve-praise/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/kant-on-how-to-deserve-praise/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">Kant’s Praiseworthy Motivation</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">Ethical behaviour can be demanding</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">A core feature of Kant’s ethics is his insistence on the value of one’s motivation for the morality of an action. As opposed to utilitarianism, Kant does not look at the consequences when judging actions, but only at what he calls the “good will.” <i>(more...)</i></div></div></div></a></article></div><div class="relative w-30-l w-50-m mb4 bg-white"><article><a class="db pv3 ph3 no-underline dark-gray dim" href=https://daily-philosophy.com/accented-podcast-vaccination-passports/><div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns"><div class="mb4 mb3-ns w-100"><figure class="mb4 ml0 mr0 mt1 mb0-ns w-100"><picture><img data-src=/accented-podcast-vaccination-passports/featured-500px.jpg class="db previewimg lazyload" alt=Image></picture><figcaption><p class=caption></figcaption></figure><div class=datesmall> </div><h1 class="f3 fw4 lh-title swis">New: The Accented Philosophy Podcast</h1><div class="f4 subtitlesmall2">First episode: Ethics of vaccination passports</div><div class="f6 f5-l lh-copy nested-copy-line-height textswis dont-break-out">The relevant philosophy podcast with Dr Ezechiel Thibaud and Dr Andreas Matthias. Two philosophers with cute accents and their guests discuss the intricacies of modern life. Brought to you by daily-philosophy.com. 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