By Zhou Tongsu and Shang BingAt the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, there are two statues standing face to face in the ancient Agora. The statues portray an imagined dialogue between Socrates and ...

Nietzsche greatly admired Greek philosophy, which significantly influenced his ideas about life and human nature.

By Han XiaoOver 2,400 years ago, during the time of the Peloponnesian War that engulfed Greece, the leader of the Greeks, Pericles, delivered his famous ‘Funeral Oration’ to commemorate the soldiers ...

If intelligence requires embodiment, as Plato and Aristotle believed, it might seem as if artificial intelligence is coming ...

A feminized form of "Peter." 118. Elara In Greek mythology, a lover of Zeus and the mother of the giant Tityos. 119. Sybil In ancient Greece, a sybil was a term describing a well-known prophetess ...

A Greek philosopher who mostly did studies about nature and eclipses, Anaxagoras that ranked 3rd on our list of top 10 ancient atheist philosophers and their quotes is also known for his theory ...

Vegetarianism wasn't common in the ancient world. But it did have some adherents, often from religious sects, such as the Pythagoreans.

To Aristotle, perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek philosophers, the most important virtue by far was practical wisdom. He taught that if this single virtue is present, all other virtues will ...

Incorporating Greek philosophy The word “cosmos” comes from ancient Greece, where it signified not simply the universe, but the universe as a harmonious, well-ordered whole.

Could Ancient Greek Philosophy Help You Work Smarter and Better? The idea of “temperaments” or “humors” has been long debunked, but thinking in terms of broad personality types may ...