by Héctor Martínez We often hear that there can be no democracy without philosophy or that philosophy is the necessary ingredient in society for a healthy democracy. However, any student of philosophy could realize that in more than two thousand years, for some twenty-four centuries, hardly any philosopher has defended…

by Héctor Martínez Among the various legends that philosophy has woven around itself, I have highlighted on previous occasions the famous fall into the well of Thales of Miletus, used to defend the theoretical life against the ignorance of the slaves; also the hackneyed Myth of the Cave, which, upon…

by Héctor Martínez Philosophy has create myths about itself, stories in which its activity is defended, no longer as something useful, but as something sublime. A good example is the invention of the fall of Thales of Miletus into a well narrated, among others, by Plato in Theaetetus 174a. Thales…

by Héctor Martínez The passage 514a-516d of Plato’s Republic is very well known. It is so well known that some people quote it and talk about it without having read it, because they already know what it is about from hearing it and seeing it quoted. It is the fragment…

by Héctor Martínez We have been told stories about a guy, named Socrates, who lived during the 5th century B.C. We know nothing about him, except what has been told to us by others (Plato, Aristophanes and Xenophon). But from himself, nothing. Socrates, man of small stature, protruding belly, bulging…

Introducing myself Hi! I’m Hector Martinez and it’s my pleasure to share with you this short essay entitled “The Dogma of Meaning”, especially in these pandemic times. Now, we live in days of uncertainty in which we cannot make far-reaching plans. Our only time is the present because the future…