The School Of Athens

“The School Of Athens”

Raphael
(1509 – 1511)

Fresco, Vatican, Rome

The Death Of Socrates

“The Death Of Socrates”

Jacques – Louis David (1787)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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“Love is pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause, and hatred pain accompanied by the idea of an external cause.”

Baruch Spinoza

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About Philosophy

What is philosophy? What else is philosophy about? What is political theory? Find answers to questions about philosophy.Philosophy is not the love towards any kind of knowledge, but to the one that includes the first principles (arche) and, on that bases, one proves the existence of other knowledge.

About Political Theory

What is political theory? Why political theory is important for our world? Everyone who considers themself as “an educated person” should know something about history, the history of his own country, its political, cultural and economic development as well as the European history and the history of the world.

Philosophical Fragments

Learn which famous people have studied philosophy; test yourself in philosophical quizzes and games or laugh at philosophical jokes.Films can present philosophical views of the world. You may get to know some relevant films and their most important ideas which can be easily connected with philosophy.