Imagine an Ancient Greek philosopher like Pyrrho, so untouched by this life’s problems that he could even carry on debating ...

Freeman holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Western Culture at Pepperdine University ... In the year 44 BC, Cicero was in his sixties — an old man by Roman standards — living on his farm outside ...

The Milesian School was based in Miletus and produced three great thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient ...

"No man ever steps in the same river twice ... Despite writing nothing, he remains one of the most important Western philosophers. "To rank the effort above the prize may be called love." ...

Starting May 17, we embark on an exciting journey—exploring one great thinker each day. From politics to literature, from ...

The diet's philosophy emphasizes natural foods to 'free' humans from sickness, according to Ohsawa ... mental and physical illnesses in modern Western civilization? Why is there the need for ...

In “The Philosophical Bases of Modern Racism,” the historian of philosophy Richard H. Popkin wrote: “David Hume apparently accepted a polygenetic view of man’s origin, since in his ...

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Renowned Greek philosopher Plato’s final resting ... being the three who laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture, according to Britannica. Plato’s family was well placed in ...

At the end of Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl stakes out a position he calls “tragic optimism.” The philosopher did not believe that human nature is all good or all bad. In fact ...