philosophy.


What is philosophy? To even pose this question, let alone answer it, one is already required to engage in philosophizing. Philosophy is thus marked by a certain circularity: it presupposes what it seeks to clarify, and no final exit from this structure appears possible. And yet, some circles are worth traversing again and again.

As the British philosopher Martin Hollis aptly put it:

“We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.”


At the very least, I believe to know what PHILOSOPHY. is not: it is not merely an academic discipline. It cannot be confined to the university, nor exhausted by institutional teaching, research, and discourse. Indeed, one may ask whether philosophy, under the constraints and expectations of rigid academic structures, can fully remain faithful to its own vocation — the pursuit of truth and the love of wisdom.

Certainly, there is an element of intellectual mastery involved; yet a certain freedom of thought also belongs to the very essence of philosophical activity. It is therefore no coincidence that many of the great philosophers were never permanently embedded within university institutions.

The following texts, rather than offering a comprehensive doctrine, trace recurring problem structures across different fields and perspectives. Their continuity lies less in a common subject matter than in a particular movement of questioning: from a given problem to the conditions under which it arises, from those conditions to structurally related problems, and from every provisional answer to the questions it leaves open.

The Problem of Unity and Multiplicity Herunterladen

September 2026

Portraiture and the Oracle of Delphi Herunterladen

Contribution to the RP CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE 2026 of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. August 2026

what happens next EN Herunterladen

Contribution to the 2026 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition with the main essay theme: A New Axial Age? July 2026

The Measurement Problem and Agrippa’s Trilemma Herunterladen

Contribution to the annual History of Physics Essay Contest by the Forum on the History and Philosophy of Physics (FHPP) of the American Physical Society. July 2026

measurement problem, Agrippa and arts Herunterladen

Extended version of the essay above, with an additional interconnection to art (see below references)

left-right distinction Herunterladen

Contribution to the essay prize competition of Foundation for Philosophy of Orientation. Jan 2026