The sophisticated language Plato wrote in gave way to a simplified "common" Greek—and with it, a simplified psychology. We ...

John Cooper, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, and renowned interpreter of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, died at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center on Aug. 8 ...

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

Boethius, a sixth-century Roman statesman, was in the prime of his life when his political career was brought to a sudden and ignominious end. Running afoul of corrupt politicians, he was falsely ...

With conflicting advice and endless new trends, it can feel hard to keep up with the modern health and wellness space. But ideas about how to live a healthy life are nothing new. Thousands of years ...

Major in philosophy and you explore 2,500 years of thought – starting with the ancient Greeks and Romans – and learn to make connections to such fields as law, gender, neuroscience, art and the ...

Duncan Ivison receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of The Conversation. Matthew Sharpe has taught and written on political philosophy at ...

Classical liberalism is a political philosophy and ideology belonging to liberalism in which primary emphasis is placed on securing the freedom of the individual by limiting the power of the ...