How does a pessimistic philosopher such as Arthur Schopenhauer approach the study of morality? How is it possible to establish what is right or wrong while assuming that the world is inherently bad?| TheCollector
Marx's influence on the politics of the 20th century is unparalleled, yet not many can claim to have actually read his writings. Discover 5 of his most important works.| TheCollector
Drawing and departing from scholars and peers, philosopher Gilles Deleuze embodied change and perseverance by honoring difference as a concept and materializing it through repetition.| TheCollector
The Four Virtues of Stoicism – wisdom, temperance, justice, courage – were an ethical system based on Socratic ideals in Imperial Rome.| TheCollector
Hard work is generally seen as virtuous, and those who work hard as morally praiseworthy. Conversely, idleness is seen as a vice, and the idle as deserving of blame. However, what if it isn’t the case? What if idleness is praiseworthy?| TheCollector
Susanna is an artist passionate about generating concepts for creative writing pieces and short films. During this process, she loves to research topics related to art history and philosophy to inform her ideas. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Interdisciplinary Arts and lives in Southern California.| TheCollector
Adam Smith’s best known work effectively founded the discipline of economics on theories concerning the origins of money and markets. Do those theories stand up to scrutiny?| TheCollector