The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to ...

The thinker behind the ‘Republic’ and other works of philosophy also played political adviser to a series of rulers in Sicily ...

This week's Free Will Astrology proposes that we not only look to the patterns of the stars but also the butterflies.

Two new books, “The Einstein of Sex” and “The Intermediaries,” argue for the largely forgotten importance of Magnus ...

Why? Why can’t we accept the evidence of this beautiful world that at this moment surrounds us? So what if it changes or ends ...

Talk to anyone today, and they will probably have something to say about how expensive life has become. While the rate of ...

Who or what is right? Who or what is just? These questions, always before us, touch on relationships between persons, between ...

I watched the lecture presentation, “Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle” (The Great Courses) by Professor Robert C Bartlett. When Professor Bartlett was discussing Aristotle, I r ...

If you know absolutely nothing about yourself or your likes, wants, values, or personality, you either are a baby or have ...

What you know and don’t know is much more mysterious than anyone supposes. Standing in the way of truth is our ingrained dependence on facts as if they bring knowledge. The modern world is ...

As it stands, the proposed legislation would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to ...

Imperfect though it be, Harvard today is experiencing a proud if difficult moment. It will survive, but will probably be ...