Philosophers Hub

Routing hub over 21 philosopher knowledge corpora: author cards, a topic
position matrix, and a contradictions index. The full corpora (concepts,
principles with verbatim anchored quotes, argument chains) are connected
via federation.

Federation map

The corpora are not islands. A curated set of peer links federates related
thinkers directly, forming three closed cycles you can walk — follow the edges
and each returns to where it began.

graph TD
  tolstoy["Tolstoy"] --> epictetus["Epictetus"]
  epictetus --> markavrelii["Marcus Aurelius"]
  markavrelii --> tolstoy
  tolstoy --> markavrelii
  markavrelii --> epictetus
  nietzsche["Nietzsche"] --> schopenhauer["Schopenhauer"]
  schopenhauer --> laozi["Laozi"]
  laozi --> confucius["Confucius"]
  confucius --> nietzsche
  confucius --> laozi
  montaigne["Montaigne"] --> pascal["Pascal"]
  pascal --> larochefoucauld["La Rochefoucauld"]
  larochefoucauld --> machiavelli["Machiavelli"]
  machiavelli --> goethe["Goethe"]
  goethe --> montaigne
  pascal --> montaigne
  classDef stoic fill:#cfe1f5,stroke:#3f6ea5,color:#000;
  classDef east fill:#d8f0cf,stroke:#4a8a3f,color:#000;
  classDef french fill:#f7d9d9,stroke:#a54444,color:#000;
  class tolstoy,epictetus,markavrelii stoic;
  class nietzsche,schopenhauer,laozi,confucius east;
  class montaigne,pascal,larochefoucauld,machiavelli,goethe french;
  • Stoic ring (3): Tolstoy → Epictetus → Marcus Aurelius → Tolstoy
  • Will / East ring (4): Nietzsche → Schopenhauer → Laozi → Confucius → Nietzsche
  • Moralist ring (5): Montaigne → Pascal → La Rochefoucauld → Machiavelli → Goethe → Montaigne

Each arrow is a federated_search(kb_id="…") hop. The remaining corpora stay
reachable through this routing hub even when no direct peer edge links them.