Ever wanted to be perfect? “I can answer that question!” echoes a misty, distant voice. The hooded figure beckons closer to the limelight, cloudy substrate over the ghostly ground. A
In the covered alleyways of old Najaf in Iraq, poetry and philosophy books compete on laden shelves with economic treatises, the Koran and other theological tomes for students’ attention. Since
Philosopher and pedagogue Alfredo Pimentel Co will be named “Professor Emeritus” by the University of Santo Tomas in solemn academic ceremonies at the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery auditorium,
2016 will be remembered as a year of anniversaries and commemorations of events dating as far back as 500 years ago that shaped our world as we know it in the 21st century.
IT IS AUSPICIOUS that Alfredo Pimentel Co’s newest book, “Across the Ancient Philosophical World: Essays in Comparative Philosophy” (2015; UST Publishing House; tel. 7313522), is appearing at this critical juncture of Philippine and even world history.
Italy’s Umberto Eco, whose death at 84 has been announced by the Italian media, leapt from being an internationally-renowned philosopher to become an author of best-selling novels.
My good friend Mack Danayp (not his real name), at 82 years old, is a provocative thinker and a habitual tinkerer. He finds pleasure in out-of-the-box ideas to solve our country’s problems. His fertile imagination likes to dwell in a futuristic society.
Lance Armstrong may have been branded liar and cheat of the month, but experts say he’s not as different from the rest of us as we’d like to believe.
Back in 2000, I was invited to celebrate the Immaculate Conception Mass for the Loyola Schools or the college department of Ateneo de Manila. It was my first time to celebrate a school Mass for them, since from 1995 to 2000 my assignment was in the high school and grade school departments.
MANILA, Philippines—The University of Santo Tomas is bridging the wisdom between East and West through what is probably the biggest gathering of philosophy scholars in Asia in the international conference
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