Ancient Greeks viewed dreams as divine messages, omens or natural phenomena, with interpretations from Homer, Plato, Aristotle and others.

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later ...

From the mischievous Cupid of Roman art to Plato’s lofty ideas of Platonic love, Greek and Roman literature reveals a complex, often chaotic view of romance. Poets like Ovid and Sulpicia chronicled ...

Quote of the day by Plato: Plato’s timeless wisdom highlights that the beginning is the most crucial part of any endeavour. A thoughtful and sincere start, whether in learning, relationships, or ...

Prologue In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his ...

Last month, I wrote about a University of Oklahoma teaching assistant who was put on administrative leave for giving a ...

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A new musical is coming to Milwaukee telling the story of Sokrates. Hellenika: The Musical is set in the golden age of Athens. Milwaukee Native Kyle Thomas Hanneken is the composer, ...

Impulsivity can deliver quick relief—and long-term regret. Intuition can lead to difficult outcomes, yes, but it tends to ...

Key Takeaways Dualism holds that the mind and body are separate, with mental experiences not fully explained by physical ...

In an age dominated by technology, market competition, and rapid specialization, philosophy is often dismissed as impractical or irrelevant. University departments shrink, students are encouraged to ...

The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must. This phrase has been invoked by political pundits and leaders, including the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, over the past few days as ...