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 ...

‘What happens when we clearly do something stupid?’ asks Sarah Paul, a professor of philosophy at NYU Abu Dhabi.Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images We all break promises that we make to ourselves.

From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream.

As custodians of ancient wisdom, Egyptian priests explored ritual, science, philosophy, metaphysics, and spirituality unlike ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — After using artificial intelligence to uncover the first word to be read from an unopened Herculaneum scroll, a team of researchers has revealed several nearly complete passages from the ...

Ancient philosophers discovered atoms, defended democracy, and questioned the nature of knowledge. But why should their views matter to us today? That’s the question addressed in the spring semester ...

Matthew Sharpe works at Deakin University. He has received ARC funding for work on philosophy and the life (until 2019). He is a coorganiser of Melbourne Stoicon-X (Oct. 29, 2022) & also teaches ...