In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...

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Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

How does the tradition of Western political thought evolve from Locke’s idea of state to Marx’s vision of the state withering ...

How does the tradition of Western political thought evolve from Locke’s idea of state to Marx’s vision of the state withering ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Those familiar with game theory will probably know the game of ‘chicken’. But few are aware that the metaphor was formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, who wrote: ...

The belief that life exists outside of Earth is known as ‘cosmic pluralism’. Intriguingly, this was briefly a topic of discussion during the medieval period, in the works of none other than St Thomas ...

Despite its timelessness, poetry has faced criticism, with philosophers like Plato and Aristotle questioning its value. Yet, visionaries like P.B. Shelley infused poetry with romanticism, reimagining ...

(Image: confessions_of_an_art_nerd/Instagram ... most accomplished and iconic philosophers and thinkers of the era, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and Pythagoras, and even has Raphael in the background.