Prompts for Writers is a creative series designed to help writers of all experience levels spark new ideas, conquer writer’s block, and craft engaging stories across a...

The Dehumanization of Art, published in 1925 by José Ortega y Gasset, is a seminal essay that explores the nature and purpose of modern art. Ortega examines the radical...

“The Negro, whether in Africa or America, must be directed toward a serious examination of the fundamentals of education, religion, literature, and philosophy as they have...

What makes political freedom possible when existing dynamics of power shape every aspect of human interaction? How can we break free from cycles of domination and reaction to...

DO YOU HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD? ARE YOU SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ART? ARE YOU DIVORCED AND WISH TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AGAIN IN THE CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC...

A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke, is a foundational work in aesthetics and philosophy, first published in 1757....

Meditations on Quixote, published in 1914, is the first major philosophical work by José Ortega y Gasset, and it marks the beginning of his distinctive intellectual path....

Common Sense is a seminal political pamphlet that profoundly influenced the American Revolution by articulating the case for independence from British rule. Thomas Paine...

Metaphysics is a foundational examination of reality, existence, and being, forming the cornerstone of Western philosophical thought. Aristotle systematically investigates the...

The Poet of Omaezaki In the winter of 2005 on Omaezaki Beach a seagull flew low and a feather fell from it. The feather floated to my feet. It was winter and I was in winter...