Mary Guzelian was educated at Brandeis University, Oxford University and King’s College London.

Her main academic interests are in legal, political and ethical philosophy – with a tendency to focus on the Ancient Greeks, and most specifically, Plato.  An emphasis is placed on the relationship between ideas and of living a life intimately connected to love and beauty.

The name kaloeides – of beautiful form – is used to connect her various philosophical interests: the idea that beauty connects all subjects and the recognition of which is necessary to living a good/flourishing life.

Philosophy opens dialogue – therefore requires an environment in which to question and investigate – or so she believes. It is the pursuit of finding such a community, in which to work and socialize, that this blog is born.

Her other interests include, in no particular order: travel, anime, fashion (that which explores various expressions of the individual and beauty), stories and fantasy and the connections between the “dream world” and “real world” and how to bridge the gaps that exist between them.

She is also involved in the Motion Graphics Festival (mgfest.com) and in moving to Chicago, she hopes to immerse herself within the philosophical community.