Marie Astell (1666-1731) L'écrivaine anglaise Mary Astell est aujourd'hui largement connue comme l'une des premières pionnières du féminisme., mais pas aussi connu en tant que penseur philosophique. Sa réputation féministe repose en grande partie sur son plaidoyer passionné en faveur de la création d'un collège entièrement féminin en Angleterre., une idée avancée pour la première fois dans sa proposition sérieuse aux dames (1694). She is also remembered for her harsh but witty indictment

Vasubandhu (fl. 4th or 5th cn. C.E.) Vasubandhu was a prominent Buddhist teacher and one of the most important figures in the development of Mahyna Buddhism in India. Though he is particularly admired by later Buddhists as co-founder of the Yogcra school along with his half brother Asanga, his pre-Yogcra works, such as the Abhidharmakosha and his auto-commentary (Abhidharmakoshabhshya) on it, are considered masterpieces. Il

Philodème de Gadara (vers 110—vers 30 avant notre ère.) Philodème de Gadara était un poète et philosophe épicurien qui, après avoir quitté Gadara, a étudié à Athènes sous Zénon de Sidon avant de déménager en Italie. Une fois en Italie, il vivait dans les environs de la baie de Naples, où il appartenait à un cercle d'épicuriens qui comprenait Siro ainsi que les poètes romains Virgile, L. Varius Rufus, Quintilius Varus,

Lucretius (c. 99—c. 55 B.C.E.) Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) was a Roman poet and the author of the philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), a comprehensive exposition of the Epicurean world-view. Very little is known of the poet’s life, though a sense of his character and personality emerges vividly from his poem. The stress and tumult of his times stands

Global Ethics: Capabilities Approach The capabilities approach is meant to identify a space in which we can make cross-cultural judgments about ways of life. The capabilities approach is radically different from, yet indebted to, traditional ethical theories such as virtue ethics, consequentialism and deontology. This article begins with a background on global ethics. This situates the capabilities approach as a possible solution to the problems

Multiculturalism Cultural diversity has been present in societies for a very long time. In Ancient Greece, there were various small regions with different costumes, traditions, dialects and identities, par exemple, those from Aetolia, Locris, Doris and Epirus. In the Ottoman Empire, Muslims were the majority, but there were also Christians, Jews, pagan Arabs, and other religious groups. Au 21ème siècle, societies remain culturally diverse,