philosophy
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Why ‘know thyself’ is not just silly but also dangerous advice
Bence Nanay
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Watch: Jim Carrey went on a curious, existential rant at a fashion show (or was he pranking us?)
Scroll Staff
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Why Swami Vivekananda had to treat Sister Nivedita harshly (he was committed to celibacy)
Reba Som
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How the pursuit of a beautiful soul became so important in the 18th and 19th centuries
Justine Kolata
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Why films can be philosophical and how philosophy can learn from film
Costica Bradatan
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Why the tree of knowledge should be reimagined as a banyan
Jonardon Ganeri
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Watch: Can a dose of obscenity and humour help counter racism? Philosopher Slavoj Žižek thinks so
Scroll Staff
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Now trending: Philosophy is driven more by fashion than reason
J Bradley Studemeyer
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Immanuel Kant said sexual desire is morally wrong – he may have had a point
Raja Halwani
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Where mathematics meets comics
Scroll Staff
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Podcast: Can freedom of speech and political correctness go hand-in-hand?
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Scroll Staff
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Elon Musk is wrong: We live inside a giant computer game only if aliens built the pyramids
Anvar Alikhan
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Are we living inside a cosmic computer game? Elon Musk echoes the Bhagwad Gita (and the Matrix)
Anvar Alikhan
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Magic professor: Magicians tap into what it means to be human
Todd Landman, The Conversation