British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson once said that the first man who insulted another person instead of "knocking out [their] brains without a word" actually laid the groundwork for ...

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 ...

1. Name the three "stars" of the famous Greek philosophers. 2. This famous theorem concerns the sides of a right-angle triangle. 3. Translate Descartes' maxim "Cogito, ergo sum." 4. This branch of ...

The famous Greek philosopher Socrates died on February 15, 399 BC. He died by drinking hemlock, after being found guilty by jury of 500 citizens. Historian John Schmidt recalls why the jury found him ...

For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was the most important quality a person could have, and being virtuous was the absolute goal ...

British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson once said that the first man who insulted another person instead of "knocking out [their] brains without a word" actually laid the groundwork for ...