High school and university students, as well as teachers
Welcome to Philosophers.world!
This is your first visit to the site, and you are unsure where to start... Follow the guide!
You can navigate the site in different ways, depending on what you are looking for...
Works: Symposium, Nicomachean Ethics, The Social Contract...
Do you have to read a philosophy book as part of your studies, but are having trouble understanding what the author is trying to say? Don't worry: this is precisely what this site is here for... to help you understand and make reading enjoyable again.
To do this, click on 'Works' in the menu, and choose the work that interests you: Aristotle's Physics, Epictetus's Enchiridion, Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws... numerous summaries and presentations are available.
The great authors: Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche...
Or perhaps you are interested in the life of one of the great thinkers who have shaped the history of philosophy: Plato, Spinoza, Bergson...
Then click on 'Authors' in the menu: for each of these philosophers you will find a biography, a bibliography, a presentation of some of their works or those of commentators, and a selection of enlightening videos.
Themes: moral philosophy, aesthetics, politics...
Perhaps you are interested in a specific theme... You'd like to learn about the philosophy of law, cinema or neuroscience, for example.
Simply click on "Themes" in the menu. This will give you access to a wide range of resources on these major areas of philosophy.
Trends (phenomenology, pragmatism, stoicism, etc.), disciplines (philosophy of mathematics, history, psychiatry, etc.) and concepts (medical ethics, feminism, technology, etc.) are explored in this section.
The collection
Some books are particularly complex: Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Heidegger's Being and Time, Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Rousseau's Social Contract... It is hard to plunge into reading these works on your own!
For these readers, we have decided to launch a collection of non-fiction books, with line-by-line of commentary and explanation.
The books can be downloaded immediately in PDF ebook format.
We take real pleasure in guiding you through the text.
The agora
You may be thinking of studying philosophy... but what are the prospects? This is a legitimate concern, and one that can put many people off.
In fact, there are many possible career paths, and this section explores them.
While some people have opted for teaching, others have turned to practical work: philosophy in the workplace, running workshops for children or adults, philotherapy...
Others have gone off in other directions: journalism, publishing, communications agencies... but philosophy has played a decisive role in their development, and sometimes in their new job.
Contact
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like to contribute an article or book that you think might be relevant to a particular section!
We will be delighted to publish your article online, which will in turn help visitors explore the vast labyrinth that is philosophy!
Latest news
The Philosophers.world website has just gone live.
Let us hope it has the same success as its big brother, Les Philosophes!
Eventually, it will host foreign versions in the main European languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, etc.
A lot of work ahead!