Category Archives: Philosophy

Do you think humans have a death drive? What is it? Does Freud give a clear account of it?

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Sophocles

Arguably, the Freudian notion of the ‘death drive’ has attracted scholarly attention throughout psychoanalytic literature. Scholars have predominantly viewed the death drive as either a misguided biological claim or as a contentious psychological or metaphorical claim.[1] Albeit, psychoanalyst and critical … Continue reading →

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Η Αποστολή του Ανθρώπου;

Posted on June 5, 2010 by alasinos

Όπως όλα τα μέρη ενός συνόλου, έχουν ρόλο κι αρμοδιότητα, έτσι και ο άνθρωπος σαν μέρος του όλου που (αναμφισβήτητα) είναι. Diasporic Associated content Philosophising about identity Η Αποστολή του Ανθρώπου; The Notion of the Dream-Work: What is the ‘dream … Continue reading →

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Philosophising about identity

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Christos

by Dr Christos Galiotos What does it feel to be marginalised in a country that I call home? I have asked myself the question infinite times at the wake of consciousness. How can it be that I feel as a … Continue reading →

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The Notion of the Dream-Work: What is the ‘dream work’? What ‘work’ does it do?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Sophocles

Sophocles Kitharidis Arguably, whilst psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was searching out an infantile base for the latent meaning of a dream, his beliefs and philosophies lead him to the exploration of what he often called the ‘dream-work’.[1] Unlike those writers who … Continue reading →

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What conditions would make a war just?

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Sophocles

One of the most perplexingly difficult issues in regards to the possible acceptability of war is the complex reasoning found in the body of theory about the ‘just-war’. What this theory provides is arguments that a war is just if … Continue reading →

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What is the City of God? How does it relate to the City of Man?: The Jurisprudential Philosophy of Society and the Law

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Sophocles

The systematic Christian philosophy of society, City of God, by St Augustine of Hippo, exerted a profound and lasting influence on all Christian thought and practice. Arguably, City of God provides a set out of what were the fundamental contrasts … Continue reading →

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