Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean ...

Credit: Marie Lan Nguyen, CC BY 3.0 Antisthenes, a prominent figure in ancient Greek philosophy, stands as the founding father of the Cynic school of thought and is known as the tutor of Diogenes of ...

Did you know that Plato and Diogenes were big fans of this fruit? That's why figs are often called the philosophers' fruit. With their soft texture, round, oval, or pear-like shape, and thin skin ...

An undeniably insulting, inappropriate, and even offensive gesture, the middle finger remains one of the most commonly used ...

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Although he doesn’t cite Schleiermacher by name, Mr. Rowlands—a professor of philosophy at the University of Miami and the author of several books about animal psychology, as well as a memoir ...

Most humans are not as wise as Magnus M; hence we need philosophers. TikTok, the social networking site that hosts several thriving communities of readers, first alerted me to the return of ...

Fernanda Eberstadt’s Bite Your Friends is both a history of the body as a site of resistance to power, and a subversive memoir, drawing on a cast of outrageous heroes including Diogenes, Saint ...