While it’s not as central to our daily lives today, philosophy has played a role in advancing many of the world’s biggest developments. So it’s no surprise that ancient philosophers and some of the ...

You’ve probably heard about Stoics or Stoicism — and most of what you know is wrong. They weren’t joyless bores. The ancient Stoics were the first lifehackers: The Original Gangsters of Making Life ...

Pop goes the philosophy–it’s time for top 10 ancient atheist philosophers and their quotes. Philosophers aren’t always atheists. The one I dated for 7 years was though–I still tease her by saying God ...

From Socrates to Confucius, the world’s most influential philosophers have shaped human thought, ethics, and society. Through ...

Happiness Ancient Indian Wisdom for a Restless Age Jahnvi Borgohain looks at a variety of approaches to happiness. Across ...

The lessons of Socrates have never really gone out of style, but if there’s ever a perfect time to revisit the ancient philosopher, now is it. In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a ...

Today, Greece is a series of more than 2,000 islands (with only 170 of those islands claiming meaningful population numbers) that is bordered by Turkey, Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria. It borders the ...

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You’ve probably heard about Stoics or Stoicism — and most of what you know is wrong. They weren’t joyless bores. The ancient Stoics were the first lifehackers: The Original Gangsters of Making Life ...

Also from the pre-Socratic era, Empedocles like most philosophers was also a poet. He is also known as the one who developed and recognizes the four elements we still regard to today–earth, water, air ...