Tag: Philosophy

Philosophy of Knowledge

Philosophy is primarily concerned with man, nature and God. It asks numerous questions regarding their essential identities. In other words, its purpose is to examine the truth behind the temporal as well as the transcendental reality, of which these three are varied expressions. As this is a subject of intuitive knowledge, it is called Darshan in India

January 18, 2019

I’m writing a philosophy book: Kanye West

Rapper Kanye West has revealed that he is penning a philosophy book called “Break the Simulation”. West talked about the project in an interview with his interior designer Axel Vervoordt in The Hollywood Reporter and said the book would cover art and spirituality. “I’ve got this new concept that I’ve been digging into. I’m writing …

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April 15, 2018

Pithy philosophical prescriptions and prognoses

It is a paradox of philosophy that despite its task of giving insights into vital facets of the human condition like knowledge, perception, and ethics and seeking to solve humanity’s conundrums, it should prove so difficult to fathom. Part of the blame lies with some of its practitioners who never use one word where they …

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January 14, 2018

Need for quality improvement

Education is the process by which a person learns facts and skills and develops abilities and attitudes. More specifically, education denotes the methods by which a society passes its acquired knowledge, culture and values from one generation to the next. An educated individual undergoes physical, mental, emotional, moral and social development. This can be accomplished …

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December 25, 2017

Power of Forgiveness

In the past, discussions concerning forgiveness were typically relegated to the domain of religion. But in recent times, forgiveness has  acquired a lot of attention in several academic disciplines such as theology, philosophy, psychology, medical science, and neuroscience.  It is indeed interesting to note that numerous studies on forgiveness are now being conducted on university …

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December 24, 2017

Vedas have great relevance to humanity in our times: Naidu

While inaugurating the world conference on Vedas in New Delhi on Friday, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu said that the Vedas preach world peace, universal brotherhood and welfare of all. At the “Vishwa Ved Sammelan”, Naidu said that the Vedas have great relevance to humanity and quoted the Rigveda, Verse 5.60.5, to highlight that no individual …

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December 15, 2017

Mirror or game? A philosopher’s quest to gauge language’s reality and limits

One thing that exalts the human above all other sentient creatures is its capability for speech, facilitated by language that is a medium of communication, of expression, of representation and so on. However, how does language relate to reality, and does it have infinite capacity for its functions? This may seem obvious. But is it, …

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December 5, 2017

The vampire

Manigram, a developed village, was no longer the archetype of a rural society. Located close to a sub-divisional town, it embraced the intrusion of the town’s culture and the people soaked themselves in it, absorbing more and more of modern life. Hedonism and not plain living was the new philosophy. The only irritant for the …

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December 2, 2017

Ranbir mouths HRX’s ideology, Hrithik applauds

Ranbir Kapoor in a recent interview expressed how he wants to be the best version of himself. When Hrithik Roshan read it, he immediately took to Twitter and praised the actor for it. He took a snapshot of the interview with the headline “I want to be the best version of myself” and tweeted, “Well …

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August 18, 2017

What can the dying teach?

What can the dying teach the living? Quite a bit, it seems. A small but growing number of people spend their last days recording their thoughts on life and how they cope with impending death in order to share them with others. They hope to get people thinking and talking about death early enough to …

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January 31, 2017