This article was originally published on The Conversation. Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism.

By Professor Cheng SongliuIn his bookThe Origin and Goal of History, German philosopher Karl Jaspers introduced the concept of the “Axial Age”, which has gained widespread recognition in global ...

Greek poet, economic philosopher, contemporary of Homer, and occasional chronicler of history, Hesiod, did write of a sort of apocalypse taking place, where the gods destroy humanity.

Aided with a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the resident of Brooklyn, New York, is in Heidelberg, Germany, ...

What are the main threats to the continued survival of humanity? What catastrophes lie ahead? These may seem like uniquely modern questions posed by contemporary thinkers in the growing field of ...

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 ...

She also points to the Greek philosopher Proklos’ (410 to 485 CE) commentary on Plato’s Republic: “…albeit after pouring perfume over its head, as sacred law requires to be done over the ...

In this article, we continue our dive into ancient wisdom applied to a modern startup context by exploring 10 quotes from four famous Ancient Greek philosophers.

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 ...