Where did Socrates, the foundational figure of Western philosophy, get the inspiration ... The handsome young soldier Alcibiades looks on. The image captures the standard view of Socrates: as ...

Now some might object that being a Zen master automatically knocks you off the list of great philosophers. Taking that position, however, misses how closely the history of Western philosophy is ...

Western philosophers, theologians and even theoretical ... here is a primer to some important philosophical beliefs held by Hindus. One image for Brahman is that of “a vibrating energy field.” ...