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I write articles about philosophy, art and other topics

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@apartphilosopher Apr 26, 2018, 1:25 AM UTC

Max Stirner: The Philosophy of Egoism

Johann Caspar Schmidt(1806-1856) is a German philosopher that used the pen name Max Stirner. His penn name that allegedly originated from his large forehead(“Max” for maximal, “Stirner” for the Germa…

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@apartphilosopher Apr 6, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

Steemit Recap: 2 Months In + Tips For Beginners

I have started this Steem blog exactly two months ago. I write about philosophy, art and other topics and in this post I want to describe my journey on this platform and show you some tricks I have f…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 31, 2018, 1:31 AM UTC

The Hegelian Dialectic: An Explaination

One of the most infamous concepts in philosophy is the Hegelian dialectic. It is named after the most famous philosopher from a movement called “German Idealism”, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel(1770-1…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 23, 2018, 1:06 AM UTC

Universal Basic Income: What It Is And How It Could Be Implemented

The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has gained increased popularity over the last few years. While it used to be a fringe group that supported it there are now prominent advocates for the conc…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 18, 2018, 9:17 PM UTC

Dada: An Artist Revolution

Dada is a movement within art that started in Zurich, Switzerland in 1916. One of the most influential figures in this movement was Hugo Ball (1886-1927) who is often considered to be the founder of…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 15, 2018, 9:07 PM UTC

Arthur Schopenhauer: Radical Pessimism

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher that pioneered the idea of metaphysical pessimism in his opus magnum “Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung“(1818), translated “The world as will…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 5, 2018, 7:15 PM UTC

The Unique Approach To Philosophy In Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece is known for being the place of birth of western philosophy. With many great minds like Aristotle (384-322 BC) and Plato (428-348 BC) they have provided us with a seemingly endless poo…

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@apartphilosopher Mar 3, 2018, 11:31 PM UTC

Zeno of Elea: Where Philosophy and Mathematics merge

Zeno of Elea (490-430 BC) is a Greek philosopher who was part of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides of Elea (501-470 BC). He is most famous for his paradoxes with which he aims to disprove the…

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@apartphilosopher Feb 27, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

Branches of Philosophy: II Political Philosophy

Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy that covers the fundamental questions of how a state should be organized and which goals a state should have. One of the first political philosophers wh…

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@apartphilosopher Feb 24, 2018, 11:14 PM UTC

Kant‘s categorical imperative: An explaination

The categorical imperative is one of the most widely known philosophical concepts. It was intruduced by the famous German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) in his very influencial work “Groundwor…

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