ethics

Apr 26, 2019

Spinoza’s View of God

Benedict de Spinoza was a 17th century Jewish-Dutch philosopher, probably most famous for his pantheistic leanings. Pantheism is the view that reality and God are one and the same. In the past I have read plenty of secondary material about Spinoza, and have for a long time been wanting to read his most famous publication, Continue reading

Philosophy

Baruch Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, ethics, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, religion, Spinoza, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 21, 2018

Words to Live By

When I’m not immersed in blog-related activities I spend a fair bit of screen time on a mental health forum where people generously support and comfort one another during times of distress. The way I would describe it is that it’s like Facebook, but with oodles of honesty and compassion thrown in. It’s really brilliant. Continue reading

Mental Health, Reflections

ethics, faith, Mental Health, morality, Philosophy, quotes, relationships, religion, Theology, truth, wisdom
Jun 15, 2018

What is Scepticism?

Welcome to another instalment of quick-fire philosophy! Every Friday we take a brief look at the life and thought of an important philosopher from history, and I offer a few reflections on their ideas. Today we’re looking at Sextus Empiricus, a Roman Sceptic philosopher who lived around 160-210 CE. Continue reading

Philosophy, Reality

ethics, faith, God, morality, religion, Roman Empire, Roman philosophers, Scepticism, sceptics, Sextus Empiricus, Theology, truth
May 4, 2018

God and Hedonism

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’ll be looking at a big idea from the ancient Greek philosopher, Epicurus. You may have come across the Epicurean paradox before, which is a truly fascinating set of propositions concerning the problem of evil. I won’t be focusing on the paradox in this article, as I covered it Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Epicurus, ethics, faith, God, happiness, health, Hedonism, paradox, pleasure, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 6, 2018

Can We Know Anything?

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we open up a new chapter in our investigations into some of philosophy’s biggest ideas with a look at Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers of all time. Unlike many of the presocratics we’ve been looking at, we know quite a lot about Socrates, mostly from Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Academics, epistemology, ethics, faith, God, knowledge, philosophers, religion, science, Socrates, Theology, truth
Mar 1, 2018

Christian Morality and AI

The world in which we live today is so different in many ways to the world that the authors of the Christian Scriptures inhabited. This being so, Christians must continually reinterpret the moral lessons of the Bible so that we can heed their guidance in the 21st Century. One area that presents a problem in Continue reading

Christianity, Morality and Ethics, Reflections

AI, artificial intelligence, biology, ethics, faith, implants, morality, religion, science, technology, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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ethics

Spinoza’s View of God

Words to Live By

What is Scepticism?

God and Hedonism

Can We Know Anything?

Christian Morality and AI

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