Ageing, Pain, and Dying
“Die early or grow old, there is no other alternative.” SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR La Vieillese 1970 (The Coming of Age) Historically, death has been a major topic for philosophers, but they have written relatively little on…
New Longevity — A New Perspective from Social Innovators
Asia is the birthplace of the ‘longevity noodles’ (yi mien, or mie panjang umur in Indonesian, pancit in Tagalog), which have their origins rooted in Chinese culture, and are traditionally associated with birthdays — particularly milestones…
Humanities and Humanistic Education
I Robert E. Proctor in his book on the problem of the humanities begins with the following: One of the difficulties facing those of us in colleges and universities today is that we are…
Western Love, Chinese Qing
A Philosophical Interpretation of the Idea of Love in Romeo and Juliet and the Story of Liang-Zhu (or The Butterfly Lovers). Romeo and Juliet (1968) Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the Shakespeare film adaptation…
