Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

The Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is about noticing and appreciating imperfection, impermanence, and the understated beauty in everyday life. Embracing the principles of wabi-sabi might be the ...

For those of us who may not have given philosophy a second thought because we associate it with mind-numbing linguistic analysis or impossibly convoluted compound German words, Kreeft assures us that ...

In a recent podcast, the hosts of Philosophy Bites called up well-known philosophers—people like Martha Nussbaum, Many laughed at first, perhaps because it’s odd to talk about philosophers as if they ...

Confucius was a highly revered Chinese philosopher whose teachings continue to be valued even today. His quotes on life focus ...

In A.D. 415 Christian fanatics attacked and murdered Hypatia of Alexandria, claiming she was a heretic using black magic. Here’s the truth. A detail from Raphael’s 1509-1511 masterpiece “School of ...

The quote first appeared in a 1926 book by U.S. historian and philosopher Will Durant titled "The Story of Philosophy." It is part of a passage in which Durant helps to elucidate a concept first ...

Philosophy is the quiet engine behind everything we think, question, and imagine. From Athens to Kyoto, from Königsberg to Calcutta, the world’s greatest thinkers have tried to make sense of existence ...

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Nikhil Krishnan’s intriguing and charming history, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford ...