Anaxagoras, a visionary Greek philosopher, foresaw concepts of expanding universe and multiple worlds centuries before modern science.

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

Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed, ...

Epicurus, a Greek philosopher, taught that true happiness stems from pleasure, defined as the absence of pain and mental disturbance, not indulgence. He emphasized overcoming the fear of gods and ...

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 ...

Italian researchers have identified the precise location of where the ancient Greek philosopher Plato was buried based off of fresh information gleaned from the Herculaneum papyri. Previously, it was ...

In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information. When I ask whether artificial ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...

Epicurus, founder of Epicureanism, taught that happiness stems from wisdom, moderation, and inner peace, not excess. He advocated for ataraxia, a state of tranquility free from fear of death and gods, ...