Ancient Greek philosophers used paradoxes for all sorts of reasons, from sharpening their dialectical skills and showing philosophical opponents were talking nonsense to serious philosophical inquiry ...

Long before there was a periodic table of the elements, there was no need for a table — just four chairs. From ancient through medieval into early modern times, natural philosophers could count the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...

Explore the foundational ideas of ancient Greek philosophy, from the naturalistic inquiries of the Pre-Socratics to the ethical frameworks of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. This concise overview ...

Italian researchers have identified the precise location of where the ancient Greek philosopher Plato was buried based off of fresh information gleaned from the Herculaneum papyri. Previously, it was ...

Up in the hills of the Greek Peloponnese, the charming Byzantine village of Mystras is home to Euphoria Retreat, a holistic destination spa that incorporates the teachings of ancient Greek ...