Heidegger thinks the authenticity and inauthenticity of Dasein from out of a specific relatedness into which he places...
Sartre on Authenticity: Acknowledging Freedom
In the ethical-existential thinking-philosophizing of Sartre, authenticity is offered not as a mere value, but rather as a...
Derrida on Supplement and Supplementarity
The supplement and its processes appear frequently in the writings of Derrida, but Of Grammatology is where this...
Explaining What Foucault Means by Discourse
Discourse is a concept to which Foucault refers repeatedly; a concept that Foucault repeatedly re-visits; a concept whose...
Plato on Justice in the City and the Soul
For Plato, the theme of justice is question-worthy. In the Republic, justice is extensively discussed, questioned, and investigated.
Derrida on Decision and Undecidability
For Derrida, a decision that is truly worthy of its name takes place only by passing through the...
Simone de Beauvoir on Freedom and the Situation
The situation of children is where Simone de Beauvoir begins her discussion and analysis of freedom and the...
Explaining Heidegger’s “Standing Reserve”
Standing reserve is one of the terms that appear repeatedly in Heidegger’s critique of modern technology and of...
Plato on Philosophy, Philosophizing, and Philosophers
Plato did not invent the word “philosophy”, but he rendered its meaning and scope radically other; he totally...
Sartre on God: Impossible and a Dream
The assumption that there exists a God, a conscious God that preceded and created the universe is something...
Camus on Art, Absurd Artists, and the Absurd
In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus says that there exists between art and the absurd a contradictory relation,...
Schopenhauer on Denial of the Will
Denial of the will, Schopenhauer says, must be the objective of every philosophizing and all thinking. Salvation occurs...
Sartre on Love: Paradoxical and Impossible
For Sartre, love is impossible; love is a project that inevitably fails. Love is an endeavor to be...
Simone de Beauvoir on Love
According to Simone de Beauvoir, men and women experience, feel, and think about love differently. This difference renders...
Derrida on Forgiveness and the Unforgivable
For Derrida, forgiveness occurs and first becomes possible only when it passes through its own impossibility, when it...
Plato on Love
Love is one of the main themes that Plato repeatedly philosophizes, thinks, discusses, and talks about. In the...
Sartre on Abandonment
According to Sartre, abandonment does not mean that we are forgotten about or left behind by a certain...
Heidegger on Temporality
For Heidegger, temporality is how time conditions and determines Being in general and the being of Dasein in...
Simone de Beauvoir and Existentialism
The thinking-philosophizing of Simone de Beauvoir is grounded in existentialism, its detours, and attempts; it takes existentialism as...
Schopenhauer on Life and Human Existence
According to Schopenhauer, suffering permeates life and shapes human existence; it cannot be escaped or eliminated, for it...