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

In the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus seems to come down on the side of the broadest possible application of the love ethic. And by emphasizing a particular type of love – the gut-wrenching kind – ...

It shows some of the most accomplished and iconic philosophers and thinkers of the era, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and Pythagoras, and even has Raphael in the background. The painting looks like ...

Morality confronts us at every turn, from intimate relations to political considerations. When faced with moral uncertainty, ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled uneasily with the realities of power.

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Aristotle Onassis, the late Greek-Argentine business magnate ... Born in January 1906 in Karatas, a suburb of Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey), Onassis was the youngest of two sons to Socrates Onassis and ...

The public philosopher on open relationships, free speech and why protests fail. By Pippa Bailey In the acknowledgements at the end of her new book, Open Socrates, the philosopher Agnes Callard writes ...

This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ...