Self-obedience is not self-punishment. It is self-governance. It means deciding what matters, then doing what that decision requires, even when motivation drops. It is the ability to act from ...

From Stefan Zweig to Friedrich Nietzsche, classic authors and philosophers are finding a new, young audience online. Discover why their ideas are resonating now more than ever.

Nietzsche reveals why deep thinkers fear easy understanding more than misunderstanding. Discover how trivializing complex ...

Philosophy professor John Kaag's 2016 book, American Philosophy, was a heady mix of memoir and intellectual history wrapped up in a romantic story of a lost library and new love. In Hiking with ...

Enter almost any bookstore today, and you are likely to find its philosophy section crowded with Nietzsche’s works. That wasn’t always so. It is, in large part, the accomplishment of Walter Kaufmann’s ...

he never gave friends an address but directed them to send their letters to the local post office, so that nobody knew exactly where he lived. He was particularly secretive about his sex life. To this ...

Philosophy professor John Kaag's 2016 book, American Philosophy, was a heady mix of memoir and intellectual history wrapped up in a romantic story of a lost library and new love. In Hiking with ...