Western & Comparative Philosophy
What Is Reason in Western Philosophy? Tracing Wisdom, Self-Knowledge, and the Search for the Good Life
Why do we ask ourselves what reason truly means, and how can philosophy respond when life hands us questions with no easy answers? From Socrates’ pursuit of self-awareness in the Athenian marketplace to the enduring dream of the good life, the Western tradition invites us to reflect, to question, and—slowly—to know ourselves.
Modern Western Philosophy and Ethics: Pausing Beneath the Surface
To examine modern western philosophy and ethics is not to peel back history, but to rest for a moment in the patterns of thought that move within and beyond us. There is a certain quiet in asking — and an even deeper quiet in simply allowing the questions to remain.
Stoic View on Suffering: A Quiet Contemplation
When suffering arrives, it seldom asks permission. The Stoic view on suffering offers not an escape, but a slow turning toward the ache, a way to find mental clarity in simply being with what is here.
Western and Eastern Mind: Two Ways of Meeting the Present
There is a stillness that gently sits beneath thinking, untouched by whether it is west or east. The mind, with its questions, wanders down many paths. Here we pause, letting the voices of Western and Eastern traditions drift nearby, not to choose sides, but to notice what is always right here.
Greek Philosophy on Happiness: Sitting with Joy and the Mind
Somewhere between longing and enough, the ancient Greeks asked: what does it mean to live well? In their words, happiness was not a fleeting feeling, but the soft unfolding of a life attended to, moment by moment.
Tao and Stoicism: Two Mirrors for Living (and Suffering) in the Modern World
Tao and Stoicism linger in quiet corners of thought, each pointing to a way through suffering, a way of acceptance. The questions are old. The practices, alive. Here, two streams widen—and, for a moment, run side by side.