Philosophy

"The Misunderstanding" is a dark play, Camus’s bleakest. However, it contains a message of hope that is often missed.

On a youthful trip to Italy, Camus was inspired by a Renaissance fresco to develop his philosophy of the absurd.

It is widely but erroneously believed that Camus thought life was meaningless. In fact, he argued that it was impossible to live a meaningless existence.

Scholars call Meursault cold, inept, and unreflective. But the novel tells a very different story. Here is what the text actually shows.

While hedonism advocates seeking fleeting delights, Epicureanism suggests cultivating long-term peace and fulfillment.

Yorùbá philosophy is an intellectual tradition whose notions of justice and social responsibility continue to shed light on the contemporary Nigerian socio-political concerns.

Metaphysics is a fundamental discipline where philosophers ask if your couch is really a couch, and whether you exist at all while reading this article.

Ethics may strike you as the art of arguing whether to save a puppy or a philosopher from a burning building (spoiler: not even philosophers are sure what the right answer is here).