Iker Martínez Fernández

Doctor en Filosofía

Thomas Aquinas: Biography, Thought and Works

Thomas Aquinas taught at several universities (Paris, Naples and Viterbo, among others) and was a most profound connoisseur of Aristotelian philosophy. But these facts, rather than turning him into the paradigm of Scholastic philosophy, show only that Aquinas was a child of his time. If Thomas holds interest for philosophy beyond the fact that his thought can be situated within a particular historical period, it is because he presents an extraordinarily powerful and original philosophy.

Stoicism as a Mass Phenomenon

In recent years Stoicism has grown so popular that it has become a mass phenomenon. Hardly a week goes by without the general press offering us a newly published Stoic synthesis just out in the bookshops, or a cursory analysis of the reasons for the return of this ancient philosophy. All sorts of Stoic podcasts circulate on the internet; youtubers, opinion leaders and great entrepreneurs claim to promote Stoic values, and the Greco-Roman classics of this school, such as Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius, find a place in bookshop windows for the first time.

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Is the Cosmopolitan Ideal Achievable?

Few concepts in the Western heritage have been as hopeful and fascinating as that of cosmopolitanism. The ideal of the peaceful coexistence of all human beings, gentle and captivating, represents the summit of the dreams of living together among those who differ. And this despite the fact that the historical attempts to carry the idea over into reality have almost always turned out to be turbulent and intemperate.

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Epicurus: Life, Thought and Works

Born on Samos in 341 BC, Epicurus founded in Athens a philosophical school grounded in friendship, sensory knowledge and the pursuit of a life free of fears. His thought, often misread as mere hedonism, in fact proposes an ethics of serenity: to live without pain or disturbance as the path to happiness.

Iker Martínez Fernández