Socrates’s insistence on challenging Athenian culture might be one of Western intellectual tradition’s greatest gifts — a ...
"All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat,” said the Logician in Eugene Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros. It was ...
Reincarnation and afterlife was a tradition among the ancient Greeks. Writers expressed the view that the souls of the dead ...
Journalist Weiner (The Geography of Bliss) makes a convincing and winningly presented case for the practical applications of philosophy to everyday existence in the 21st century. With humor and ...
Our health and well-being depends on disassociating ourselves from the persistent negative thoughts that can lead to ...

The Age of De-Skilling

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...
One-liner whiz Sen. John Kennedy popped off on the Biden administration’s approach to foreign adversaries, while ...
The well-souled life means organizing around principles that preserve and benefit. Outside the cave, the sun is shining. And ...
There was a time when CEOs built empires. Now they build excuses. Somewhere between “vision” and “visibility,” a new species of executive emerged — the kind that confuses self-pity for leadership and ...
Discover the top 9 most influential philosophers in history. Learn about their lives and ideas, from Socrates to Confucius, and discover how their teachings continue to impact us today.
One of the most insightful perspectives on love is by Ancient Greek philosopher Plato in Symposium, describing its force as a ...