Studying ancient philosophical works might seem to many students like an antiquated endeavor, akin to reading Euclid’s Elements or Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy when compared to the empirical sciences. However, in philosophy, especially metaphysics, I’ve realized this is not the case. Metaphysics, which inherently involves thinking beyond, yet still accounting for, our empirical […]
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[Revised entry by C.C.W. Taylor and Mi-Kyoung Lee on March 10, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] The Greek word...
[Revised entry by Stephen Wilkinson on March 10, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Organ sale – for example, allowing...
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