One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

Greece's island of Samos was the birthplace of Pythagoras and its fascinating history goes back to the myth of the Argonauts ...

For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now ...

Since the dawn of human civilization, philosophy has shaped the way we live, govern, worship, and relate to one another. Its influence spans continents ...

A paper by Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, has been included in a volume of essays on ancient myths ...

The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we've tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.

Strolling through the galleries of Zappeion, an emblematic building in Athens constructed for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, Greek classical music composer, conductor and educator Eugenia ...

The Ancient Greeks are often hailed as the founders of Western civilization. Celebrated for their advancements in philosophy, democracy, science, and the arts, we tend to view the ancient Greeks ...

A painting of Frederick Copleston, S.J., that formerly hung in Heythrop College in London. Credit: Photo by author Nine years ago, I found myself at Heythrop College, the venerable British Jesuit ...

Symposium, Plato’s philosophical text dated at circa 385 to 370 BC, depicts a friendly contest of speeches delivered by a group of notable men attending a banquet. During the discussion, Socrates ...

I’m a strong believer in psychotherapy, but the concept of professional coaching never appealed to me. The one time I tried it, I was unnerved by a trust exercise and gave up almost immediately. Then, ...