Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Peter Critchley

May 3, 20204 min read

Pythagoreanism Over Time

Pythagoreanism over time 'Music is the harmonization of opposites, the conciliation of warring elements.' - Pythagoras Plato adopted much...

Peter Critchley

Sep 25, 20193 min read

Aristotle's Flourishing

Here is a thoughtful article with an unhelpful title. Aristotle gets his revenge over ‘science-based’ culture If I was to post this...

Peter Critchley

Jun 4, 201910 min read

The Return of Aristotle

Aristotle gets his revenge over ‘science-based’ culture Thank you Edward Feser for the arguments presented in this new book Aristotle’s...

Peter Critchley

May 22, 20167 min read

Plato and Democracy

“Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.”...

Peter Critchley

Dec 30, 201513 min read

Aristotle and the Reenchantment of Nature

ARISTOTLE AND THE REECHANTMENT OF NATURE The magical woods where Aristotle lived with nymphs http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/20...

Peter Critchley

Jan 16, 20135 min read

Plato, Art and Eternity

PLATO, ART AND ETERNITY According to the philosophy of Spinoza, this would be to see the world ‘under the aspect of eternity’ (sub specie...

Peter Critchley

Sep 22, 20103 min read

Plato's Cave, Objective Reality and Morality

Plato's Cave A talk from Liverpool, UK, 2010 OBJECTIVE REALITY AND ABSOLUTE MORALITY Nietzsche refers to the ‘death of God’ as a tragedy....

Peter Critchley

Sep 15, 20102 min read

Plato's Theory of the Forms

Plato The theory of forms Down through the Centuries, many philosophers, theologians and artists have been struck by the thought that...

Peter Critchley

Sep 13, 20105 min read

Socrates and Moral Knowledge

As a mental discipline, philosophy began when human beings started to try to understand the world by the use of their reason, without...