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Platon Nikolayevich Krasnov and the Ethical Line of Russian Philosophy
Platon Nikolayevich Krasnov belongs to a restrained yet intellectually rigorous tradition of Russian philosophy that is often overshadowed by more dramatic religious, metaphysical, or revolutionary figures. His importance does not lie in founding a…
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Nietzsche’s Master and Slave Morality
Origins, Psychology, and Consequences Nietzsche’s distinction between master morality and slave morality is one of the central analytical tools of his philosophy. It is often misunderstood as a crude social hierarchy or a literal…
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Nietzsche, the Übermensch, and the Modern Confusion About Strength
Nietzsche’s idea of the Übermensch is one of the most cited and least understood themes in modern thought. It is routinely compressed into a caricature: a dominant person who ignores morality, takes what he…
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How Philosophy Helps Society: Thought, Meaning, and the Common Good
Philosophy is often imagined as an abstract activity removed from everyday concerns, practiced by thinkers isolated from practical life. Yet from its earliest beginnings, philosophy has been deeply connected to society. It arose from…
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The Last Theologian of Nihilism: Trubetskoy’s Reading of Nietzsche
When the Russian philosopher and jurist Evgeny Nikolayevich Trubetskoy published The Philosophy of Nietzsche: A Critical Essay in 1903, he was writing from the uneasy frontier where nineteenth-century Christian humanism met the cultural earthquake…
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Nietzsche’s Philosophy: A Journey Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche remains one of the most provocative and misunderstood figures in the history of philosophy. He wrote not to explain the world in a calm academic manner but to shake it to its…