Philosophy

The Illusion of Thought: Unpacking Ambrose Bierce’s Witty Definition of the Brain In his sardonic masterpiece *The Devil’s Dictionary*, Ambrose Bierce defines the brain as "the apparatus with which we think that we think

In a world where reality is often subtly distorted, Finagle's Creed stands as a peculiar but perceptive observation on the nature of truth and belief

In a world where the boundaries between reality and illusion are increasingly blurred, the aphorism "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum" ("I think that I think, therefore I think that I am") from Ambrose Bierce’s *The Devil’s Dictionary* has resurfaced as a poignant reflection on the human condition

Late on a quiet Tuesday evening, a small gathering of friends found themselves seated in a dimly lit living room, the air thick with the scent of aged books and freshly brewed coffee

In the realm of human-animal interactions, an age-old adage continues to resonate profoundly: "A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink with he will

Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed, observed Charles Baudelaire, the 19th-century French poet known for his acute and often bleak observations of the human condition