What Is Nihilism? While you may have heard the word nihilism before, there are common misconceptions as to what it means. It’s popularly described as the belief that “nothing matters,” but it is more accurately described as the denial or lack of belief in the meaning of life. More specifically, nihilism encourage skepticism and argues

What Is Hedonism? Most modern people, when they hear the words “hedonism,” or “hedonist,” conjure images of self-indulgence, opulent wealth, booze, drugs, sex, the stuff of soap operas or frothy cable dramas. But the philosophical definition of Hedonism refers to a way of practicing life that isn’t necessarily ostentatious, but instead follows the simple credence:

What Is Taoism? Taosim (Daoism), is a Chinese philosophy dating back to the 4th or 6th century BCE. The central idea of Taoism is that the Tao (or “the way”) is an organizing force that guides nature and the universe, and humans can achieve transcendence from suffering by aligning themselves with it. The way to

What Is Epicureanism? “No pleasure is a bad thing in itself, but the things which produce certain pleasures entail disturbances many times greater than the pleasures themselves.” Epicureanism is an ancient greek philosophical system founded by Epicurus in the 4th century B.C.E.  After Epicurus’ death, Epicureanism became one of two major schools of thought in

What is Existentialism? Existentialism is, broadly speaking, the inquiry into the nature of human existence, what it is to be human, and what it means to be human. What draws the thinkers and writers we refer to as existentialists together is their rejection the attempt to approach these subjects from an objective, metaphysical standpoint, seeking