Liminal

A four-year philosophy curriculum

Philosophy made easy.

From the Pre-Socratics of Miletus to contemporary debates on consciousness — Liminal is the philosophy degree you didn't take, in your pocket, in your own time.

What's inside

92 lessons

22 courses, organized into four years from Plato to Wittgenstein.

48 philosophers

From Thales to Simone de Beauvoir. Biographies, ideas, quotes, influence maps.

82 key terms

A searchable glossary cross-linked with the lessons.

16 thought experiments

Plato's Cave, the Trolley Problem, Mary the Color Scientist, and more.

23 quizzes

Test your understanding with explanations on every answer.

Spaced-repetition flashcards

An SM-2 review system for the key terms — so they stick.

On-device audio narration

Listen on a walk, on the bus, in bed. No subscription, no streaming.

Home screen widgets

Quote, Term, and Philosopher of the day — your daily nudge to think.

The curriculum

Year 1 — Ancient. Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism, Neoplatonism.

Year 2 — Medieval & Early Modern. Augustine, Islamic and Jewish philosophy, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume.

Year 3 — Modern. Kant, German Idealism, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, American Pragmatism.

Year 4 — Contemporary. Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, Quine, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, the Frankfurt School, Foucault, Derrida, Rawls, Kuhn, philosophy of mind, language, science, and ethics.

Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in Thee. — Augustine, Confessions

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