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The Soul in Collapse

Human civilization has always been a kind of tension, akin to the taut string of a lyre, stretched between two essential notes, that being the individual and the collective, the singular voice and…

By B August 14, 2025Entangled Thoughts, Payne Culture

Philosophy Thoughts and Opinions

Rewriting Identity Amidst Racialized Being

In the quiet hush between the weight of centuries and the ephemeral breath of the present, a delicate stillness spreads, like twilight gathering at the edge of memory. It is…

By B August 14, 2025Philosophy, Thoughts and Opinions

Short Stories

Short Stories Analysis: Part II

Human Purpose The longing for purpose in life is integral to what makes us human. Through three short stories, we are presented with numerous fictional individuals that represent this ideal.…

By B April 30, 2023Short Stories

Short Stories

Short Stories Analysis : Part I

Introduction In a reality ruled by both order and chaos, what drives human beings? What does this human drive mean in the greater context of both our society and the…

By B April 30, 2023Short Stories

Books

Analysis of ‘The House on Mango Street’

It is hard to recognize the lives of those in different cultures, without having an image that is compromised by one’s own upbringing. We are inherently biased, in that we…

By B February 10, 2023Books

Philosophy

An Examination of Anti-Natalism

David Benatar is an individual with strong convictions in the realm of procreation. Benatar strongly upholds his controversial belief that procreation is in of itself morally wrong, and by every…

By B January 23, 2023Philosophy

Philosophy

Moral Quandaries Presented by the Killing of Animals

To assign a being moral standing is to relinquish upon that living creature the ability to have rights, insofar that said being might have “interests and welfare”. To base such…

By B January 23, 2023Philosophy

Philosophy

The Soul Theory in Relation to the Concept of Personal Identity

Personal identity is one of the most preeminent aspects of the self that both fascinates and confounds the populace in equal measure. What makes up my identity, and perhaps even…

By B October 19, 2022Philosophy

Philosophy

Analyzing the Stages of the Method of Doubt

Doubt is central to the Meditations, as tearing down the mental foundations Descartes had built upon for the decades of his lifespan was the inspiration for the writing. The way…

By B October 10, 2022Philosophy

Philosophy

The Five Central Facets of Cartesian Dualism

Cartesian dualism is central to Descartes’s argument for the relationship between mind and body. Descartes builds this principle upon the abstract foundations set throughout the earlier meditations. There are five…

By B October 8, 2022Philosophy

Philosophy

Mind-Body Dualism in the Eyes of René Descartes

To better understand Descartes’s argument for the true distinction between the mind and body, one must first recognize and quantify the very foundations and trains of thought of the nature…

By B October 7, 2022Philosophy

Philosophy

Analyzing the Meditations of René Descartes

In the First Meditation, Descartes sets the foundation for his magnum opus by deliberately going about tearing down the mental foundations that were put in place in his youth that…

By B September 28, 2022Philosophy

The Soul in Collapse

Rewriting Identity Amidst Racialized Being

Short Stories Analysis: Part II

Short Stories Analysis : Part I

Analysis of ‘The House on Mango Street’

An Examination of Anti-Natalism

Moral Quandaries Presented by the Killing of Animals

The Soul Theory in Relation to the Concept of Personal Identity

Analyzing the Stages of the Method of Doubt

The Five Central Facets of Cartesian Dualism

Mind-Body Dualism in the Eyes of René Descartes

Analyzing the Meditations of René Descartes

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