Philosophy in Literature Blog
"I will ease your mind"
Bridge Over troubled Waters is one of my many favorite Simon and Garfinkel songs. The melody is great but I have always been captivated by several particular lyrics. "I will...
"I will ease your mind"
Bridge Over troubled Waters is one of my many favorite Simon and Garfinkel songs. The melody is great but I have always been captivated by several particular lyrics. "I will...
"God protect you, world.."
In Grimmelshausen’s Adventures of Simplicissimus, the protagonist is more than a lowlife rogue. He also functions as a philosophical argument in narrative form. The novel uses his life story...
"God protect you, world.."
In Grimmelshausen’s Adventures of Simplicissimus, the protagonist is more than a lowlife rogue. He also functions as a philosophical argument in narrative form. The novel uses his life story...
Conscience is not negotiable
The protagonist in Jane Eyre, by Charotte Bronte, is more than a character. She is a living philosophical argument. For instance, although Jane has nowhere to go she refuses...
Conscience is not negotiable
The protagonist in Jane Eyre, by Charotte Bronte, is more than a character. She is a living philosophical argument. For instance, although Jane has nowhere to go she refuses...
Truth and Power
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Oak and the Calf’ is not just a memoir—it’s a manifesto of resistance. Written during his exile in the 1970s, the book chronicles the Nobel laureate’s...
Truth and Power
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Oak and the Calf’ is not just a memoir—it’s a manifesto of resistance. Written during his exile in the 1970s, the book chronicles the Nobel laureate’s...
What was the Renaissance?
During the Harlem Renaissance, Aaron and Alta Douglas's Harlem apartment was one of the primary gathering spots for artists, writers, and poets. When asked, What was the Renaissance...
What was the Renaissance?
During the Harlem Renaissance, Aaron and Alta Douglas's Harlem apartment was one of the primary gathering spots for artists, writers, and poets. When asked, What was the Renaissance...
Not Understood
Thomas Bracken, a New Zealand poet, was born in New Zealand in 1841. Bracken composed one version of the country's national anthem. Here are a few stanzas from his poem,...
Not Understood
Thomas Bracken, a New Zealand poet, was born in New Zealand in 1841. Bracken composed one version of the country's national anthem. Here are a few stanzas from his poem,...