Plato’s Gymnasium

A structuralist reading of a quintessential American myth

Now, it’s your turn to help

We should use the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion to fight climate change

For thy follow, I shall follow thee, bigly

And it’s not the only social media cesspool fostering racist mass murderers

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ― Socrates

A close reading of two essential communist works

David Hume, the Enlightenment grandee, knew there would be days like these.

Pop philosophy for the modern age?

There is no denying the fact that our actions speak louder than our words. If given the opportunity to be on the other side of our…

Spoiler alert: all of them (if you believe the story)

The right to choose your career path, the right to travel in the US, and the right to marry (or not) are all protected — for now

Veda means knowledge for all

Theses on History and the Masses

Dialectical and historical materialism are key concepts in Marxist philosophy

An 8-step plan for getting the most out of your yoga practice

The father of philosophy sought to reconfigure society by engineering cooperation into humanity’s most fundamental institution

A quick and easy guide to Plato’s hypothetical “regency of the enlightened”

Plato, Karl Marx, and Bertrand Russell each claimed that philosophy is essential to the good life

The Lion King shows how an Epicurean lifestyle upholds Kant’s categorical imperative

Anti-natalists seek to end human procreation — and climate change is underwriting their appeal

…but it shouldn’t be approached the way the World Economic Forum envisions it

This Memorial Day, honor freedom by thinking critically about American armed forces

Lessons in shameless self-promotion from Friedrich Nietzsche

It’s too late to do the right thing about guns

We need to be there for one another

Nietzsche’s theory of art can help us understand why transgressive horror is sublime

A quick and easy guide to a quietly trending new theory of human identity

Aristotle thought elections were wholly undemocratic

Learn to make interesting conversation about the movies you love