Abba – zeest k warq per chann’d ek adhoori satrein, kuch mitti huwi, kuch mad’hamm, kuch bhoolai gaeein, kuch aansoo’oan say nehlaai gaeein, kuch dard bhari per ziaada tehleel kardi gaeein
Iman – woh Gosha, woh tijaarat jo kisi mehnat ya sanyaas k baad na mila, buss kissi gunahgaar k do gumnaam say aansoo is samander [...]
(1632 - 1677)
“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason,” proclaimed the Dutch philosopher Benedict Spinoza[1], and then proceeded to earn his own freedom. Spinoza is one of the greatest of the modern philosophers, and is remembered not only for his philosophy but also for the nobility of [...]
(1596-1650)
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,” says Francis Bacon and thus begins Modern Philosophy. Given the background of centuries of dogmatic scholastic philosophy of saints, it is not surprising that the philosophers decided [...]
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) “Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it,”[1] states Machiavelli, the Italian historian, statesman and political philosopher, whose highly influential political ideas have converted his name [...]
Dear reader, i invite you on a journey through the lands of modern philosophy, whose borders stretch from the fifteenth century to the present days. Let us allow ourselves to be enchanted by its beauty and lure. During this odyssey we shall meet the great philosophers of this realm. Each of these philosophers will have [...]
