The Stoics were big on not getting carried away by thoughts and feelings. The “discipline of assent” is to feel that impulse, ...

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

While it’s not as central to our daily lives today, philosophy has played a role in advancing many of the world’s biggest developments. So it’s no surprise that ancient philosophers and some of the ...

‘What happens when we clearly do something stupid?’ asks Sarah Paul, a professor of philosophy at NYU Abu Dhabi.Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images We all break promises that we make to ourselves.

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 ...

From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream.

Ancient Greek philosophers used paradoxes for all sorts of reasons, from sharpening their dialectical skills and showing philosophical opponents were talking nonsense to serious philosophical inquiry ...

Most Influential Philosophers of the World: From Socrates to Confucius, the world’s most influential philosophers have shaped human thought, ethics, and society. Through their thought, they have left ...

Matthew Sharpe works at Deakin University. He has received ARC funding for work on philosophy and the life (until 2019). He is a coorganiser of Melbourne Stoicon-X (Oct. 29, 2022) & also teaches ...