The Thinking Place

Philosophy, one day at a time. Every day, one short passage from the great thinkers of East and West. A note explains it in plain words, and a question stays with you.

Free, with no ads, no tracking and no account. Notes stay on the reader's device, and the app works offline.

Website: thinkingplace.app · Contact: [email protected]

What's here

Folder / file	What it is
index.html, app.js, style.css, sw.js	The app: plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript, no framework
content/	The content team's spreadsheets, the master copy of every thought, the calendar and the glossary
tools/	Scripts that download the source texts, check every quote, build the content and the website
web/	The website pages, built into site/
android/	The Android app (Capacitor)
brand/	Logo, colours and brand guide

Build

python3 tools/fetch_content.py <sources-dir>   # once: downloads the public-domain source texts
python3 tools/build_content.py <sources-dir>   # checks every quote word for word, writes the JSON
python3 tools/make_site.py                     # the website, in site/
sh tools/make_apk.sh                           # the website, plus the Android APK

Local preview: python3 server.py, then open http://localhost:8770.

The texts

Every quotation comes from a text or translation in the public domain in the EU, or a CC0 translation, or our own translation from French. Each one is checked word for word against its downloaded source, and credited under the thought with a link to it. Light modernisations follow documented rules and are credited as such.

Rights

The code, the notes and the questions are © The Thinking Place, all rights reserved. The quoted texts are in the public domain. The Literata font (SIL Open Font License) and jsPDF (MIT) are included under their own licences.