Academia

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship

January 2, 2011
Thumbnail image for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship

Like a metaphorical smack to the face, Bonhoeffer begins his work Discipleship with a profound and poignant contrast between cheap and costly grace. This blatant refusal and repulsion of cheap grace, and acceptance and requirement of costly grace by the Christian disciple sets the tone for the remainder of this stunning work. After my second [...]

Read the full article →

Plato’s views on what it means to be human

September 11, 2010

Most schools of thought look to Plato as the grandfather of philosophy. His writings are based on what his teacher Socrates said and form the basis for what is known as Platonism. In this section of his most famous work, The Republic, we examine what Plato believes is the nature of humanity and our role in the world.

Read the full article →

What is the Philosophy Matrix?

August 31, 2010

Simply put, the Philosophy Matrix is about humanity and a human-centered look at civilization. The P.M. is an online philosophers cafe where people come to learn, discuss, get engaged with issues that matter to humanity and the reason we exist. The Philosophy Matrix is a convergence of the Ancient and the Modern. We live in [...]

Read the full article →