For most of recorded history, philosophy has worn a masculine mask. We learn the names of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant. We quote them, study them, debate them. But where are the women? Too often, they were there - writing, teaching, questioning, leading - but erased, ignored, or silenced. Others didn't speak from lecture halls,…
Blended Philosophy: Where East Meets West
There is a quiet current running beneath the foundations of Western thought, one that doesn't flow from Athens or Rome, but from the East. Long before “globalism” and the internet connected cultures in milliseconds, the ideas of the East had already begun seeping into the minds of Western philosophers. Pythagoras, for instance, was not just…
Eastern Philosophy: Wisdom in the Stillness
In the West, we often seek truth by arguing it out, debating, defining, and dissecting. But Eastern philosophy begins with stillness. It doesn’t rush toward answers. It asks us to become the question. On “Eastern Philosophy Wednesday,” we’ll turn our attention eastward: to the meditations of the Upanishads, the paradoxes of the Dao, the Eightfold…
Western Philosophy: Seeking Wisdom in a Fragmented World
What does it mean to “know thyself”? What is justice? What makes a life worth living? Western philosophy begins with questions, often uncomfortable ones. From the rocky hills of ancient Athens to the ink-stained desks of Enlightenment thinkers, Western philosophers have asked not only how the world works, but how we should live within it.…
Meditation as Philosophy: Listening for the Truth Within
We often think of philosophy as something loud… debates, manifestos, dialogues etched in stone. But at its origin, philosophy was something quieter. It was stillness before speech. Silence before truth. Here on "Meditation Monday," we return to that still center, not as an escape from life, but as a way to meet it more fully.…
Why the Silent Philosopher?
Because I’ve been silenced. Because I chose silence. Because philosophy itself was born in the quiet places of the human heart. Because silence is the place where logic yields to longing and questions breathe. Although the nickname “Silent Philosopher” has been attributed to the second-century philosopher Secundus—who, before taking a vow of silence, believed all…
The Silent Philosopher 