Plutarch’s Ship of Theseus paradox questions if identity remains when all parts change, challenging what it means to be the ...

Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

For various reasons, most related to teaching philosophy at St. John’s University, I have been thinking about what we refer to as classics in literature. One day in class last semester, a student ...

Sophomania is the profound, often delusional, conviction of being the smartest person around, even when reality suggests ...

I don’t often do that, mostly because I don’t get angry that much — it’s not how I’m wired. But this week, I’m going with ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

In Hell Is Us, an information web connects all your evidence, leads, and clues, replacing the classic quest log so you can ...

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Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...

MR. ELLIS is likely to find readers for this collection of essays. His social studies turn on sex-problems, often shrewdly handled. His literary and anthropological studies are dominated by his ...