Although I always thank God for my wife, it is when we make love that I feel closest to her and to God. Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of the Hassidic movement, said (in Zava’at ha-Riva’sh), ...

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

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A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing an ancient Greek Epicurean ...

Sir Stephen Fry, the distinguished British actor, writer, director, and well-known Philhellene, recently spoke at the ...

In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of ...

The Case for a Philosophical Life" by Agnes Callard. (W.W. Norton & Co., 416 pages, $35) During a time when many are ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Anxiety, a philosophical guide is a book of therapeutic philosophy. Author Samir Chopra’s aim is to take us through the history of philosophy, pointing out those thinkers along the way who have ...

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