The notions of repression, the unconscious, madness, and sex lie at the heart of Freud’s psychoanalysis; they also...
Schopenhauer on Philosophy, Religion, and Salvation
In the philosophy of Schopenhauer, there is a relation linking together religion, philosophy, and salvation, yet this relation...
Sartre on the Contingency of Being
For Sartre, the contingency of being means existing without ever finding the reason for this existence and hence...
Heidegger on the Earth
Heidegger thinks the earth in his thinking of the fourfold, which names the gathering of earth, sky, mortals,...
Sartre’s “Being For-Itself”: What Does It Mean?
For Sartre, there are two modes of being: “Being in-itself” and “Being for-itself”. “Being for-itself” is the mode...
What Does Heidegger Mean by “World”?
Heidegger describes the Being of “Dasein” as “being-there”, where “there” refers to the world. For Heidegger, the world...
Existentialism; Briefly Explained
What is existentialism? Perhaps there is no direct answer. That which gathers itself into the term “existentialism” is...
What Is “Dasein”?
Perhaps this is one of the first questions that should be asked whilst approaching the philosophy of Heidegger:...
Sartre: The Face of Existence and then Disgust, Meaninglessness, and Selflessness
It is always the moment in which the world decides to distance itself from oneself and leaves one...
Freud and Poststructuralism
Poststructuralism passes through Freud’s thinking-theorizing in its disrupting of metaphysics, yet this passing transforms that through which it...
Heidegger on “Moods”: An Introduction
The German word that Heidegger uses is Befindlichkeit, which does not mean ‘mood’, but rather ‘how one finds...
What Does Sartre Mean by “Transcendence”?
Transcendence occurs because the “for-itself”, that is, consciousness, is a nothingness. Consciousness, for Sartre, is what it is...
Nietzsche’s Critique of Truth: We invented it
Nietzsche says that since there is no meaning awaiting there to be found, we always invent that for...
Schopenhauer on Death and After-life
For Schopenhauer, death is central because it is linked with the “will-to-live”. Death also opens up a space...
Schopenhauer on Death and Philosophy
Schopenhauer constructs a philosophical system around and upon what he calls the “will-to-live” and thus implies death and...
What Did Sartre Say About the body?
The body is not a tool that the individual might use, but rather the center and origin of...
Nietzsche on Religion: “God Is Dead”
Perhaps it all began in Nietzsche’s philosophy; or perhaps the origin is very far from Nietzsche, yet it...
Schopenhauer on Suffering: “All Life Is Suffering”
Schopenhauer links together suffering and the “will-to-live”, thinks them form out of their togetherness, and says that suffering...
Heidegger: Authenticity, Historicality, and Heritage
In Being and Time, Heidegger says that the scope of the concept of authenticity must be extended to...
Sartre on Anguish: “We Are Anguish”
Sartre defines consciousness as nothingness and nothingness as freedom. It is in this togetherness of consciousness and freedom...