Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

Greece's prime ministers and cabinet must submit a plan to European creditors. — -- While Greek thinkers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are known as some of Western civilization's greatest ...

Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...

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

As European politicians ponder how to solve the current impasse over Greece's debts to international creditors, some of the key players seem to be digging out their philosophy books. The country's ...

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

AT FIRST SIGHT THE TITLE “Anarchism in Greek Philosophy” may seem somewhat of a contradiction. Our attitudes towards Hellenism, conditioned as they are by nineteenth century romanticism, have ...

Ancient Greek thinker Aristotle, a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, profoundly shaped Western thought. His ...

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 ...