Let us begin by stating that this review is on Unamuno’s essay which he called the hunger of immortality. This is a chapter in his work titled the tragic sense of life published in 1912. It should be noted that this work is more of a personal account of his life than it is considered as a philosophical work. In this work, he claimed that man is the subject and supreme object of philosophy. Thus, he can be rightly described as an existentialist. It is worthy of note, that the form of im...
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A brief analysis of the pamphlet; Common Sense by Thomas Paine.The pamphlet,commonsense,was written by Paine to serve not just for the purpose of adding to an already overstocked body of literature concerning government, political systems, and society but specifically for the purpose of changing an ideology that at a time was prevalent.It is note-worthy to add that all of Paine’s ideas as far as Common Sense is concerned was based on the ideas of the Age of enlightenment; individualism, pro...
ABSTRACTThe methodology an African scholar adopts in relating his views goes a long way in exposing the genre of African philosophy his works belong to—whether the issues he raise can be said to be typical of philosophical inquiries that relates exclusively to Africans, or if they engender criticisms and reconstructions of worldviews other than African. This paper examines two categories in African philosophy (Universalism and Particularism), adapting from works written by African intellect...