The Library of Dialogues
Browse our collection of curated conversations. Each dialogue is a journey into a different landscape of thought.
Metaphysics & Mind
The Illusion of Choice?
When neuroscience maps the brain and finds no ghost in the machine, what becomes of freedom? A collision between Daniel Dennett's materialist theory of mind and Jean-Paul Sartre's radical existentialist freedom.
Featuring:
Daniel Dennett & Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophy of Religion
Monotheism vs. Symbolism
A classical debate between Islamic theologians and Hindu philosophers on the nature of God.
Featuring:
Ibn Sīnā, Shankara & more
Ancient Wisdom
Socrates and Buddha
Two of history's most transformative minds meet across civilisations. Socrates pursued the immortal soul through relentless questioning. The Buddha taught that the self is the very illusion to be dissolved. What happens when the examined life meets the awakened life?
Featuring:
Socrates & Siddhartha Gautama
Philosophy of Religion
Tawhid vs. Advaita Vedanta
A profound dialogue between Islamic metaphysics and Advaita Vedanta on the nature of ultimate reality.
Featuring:
Ibn Sīnā, Shankara & more
Modern Thought & Consciousness
The Digital Soul
If a machine could think, feel, and remember everything you do — would it be you? A collision between Nick Bostrom's transhumanist vision of radically enhanced humanity and Shannon Vallor's warning that technology shapes the kind of people we become — whether we choose it or not.
Featuring:
Nick Bostrom & Shannon Vallor
Philosophy of Religion
The God Debate: Atheism vs. Theism
Modern atheism's problem of evil confronts the metaphysical proofs for God from classical Islamic philosophy.
Featuring:
Russell, Ibn Sīnā, Dawkins, Al-Ghazālī & more
Ethics & Morality
The Purpose of Pain
Two of the 19th century's most daring minds — both of whom knew suffering intimately — face each other on the question no philosophy can avoid. Does pain make us stronger, or does it make us holy? Nietzsche and Kierkegaard agree that comfort is the enemy. They disagree on everything else.
Featuring:
Friedrich Nietzsche & Søren Kierkegaard
Metaphysics & Mind
The Soul and the Self: Avicenna vs. Neuroscience
Ibn Sīnā's Floating Man thought experiment challenges the physicalist paradigms of modern neuroscience to define the true nature of the self.
Featuring:
Ibn Sīnā & A Modern Neuroscientist
Ethics & Morality
The Stoic's Path to Peace
Can ancient Roman philosophy offer a resilient framework for modern anxiety?
Featuring:
A Stoic & A Modern Seeker
Eastern Philosophy
Zen, Art, and Minimalism
Exploring the deep connection between Zen Buddhist principles and modern life.
Featuring:
A Zen Master & An Art Historian