It probably should not be too much of a surprise that Stoicism, one of the most deviant and uncharacteristic branches of ...

The concept of perfection has intrigued philosophers throughout history and still does today. Whether we are talking about ...

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

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

A philosopher explains the different ways people have understood love throughout history and why love is more than a feeling.

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

This year, the Spanish Program has prepared a "Día de San Valentín altar" on the second floor of Kimpel Hall to honor this tradition, and we invite everyone to stop by. You can participate by writing ...

The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the ...

Aristotle Onassis, the late Greek-Argentine business magnate, once famously declared, “If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” This provocative statement echoed in ...

Instead, she asks us to pause and to take Socrates, the Greek philosopher born in 470BC and known for his belief in the power of the examined life, as one’s guide and do better. “We are unable ...

Not unlike other Greek philosophers, Aristotle believed there were vastly different categories of people. To take the most extreme example, true slaves were seen as being born with an inability to ...