What does it mean to have a "world view?" How does "thinking about the meaning of life" translate into "living life?" Who are the world's great thinkers? Is Aristotle still relevant? This Collection features philosophy-related stories.
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prays not to die.
After the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst financial failure in U.S. history.
Thousands ofPuritans leaveGreat Britain for the West Indies and Massachusetts (known as "The Great Migration").
November 5 is "Guy Fawkes Day" because, in 1605, a plot to kill the King was thwarted when Fawkes was found with 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Hou...
Long before the days of the printing press, Hebrew scribes copy the Scriptures by hand.
The Capitol creates the Hunger games to demonstrate their power over the districts.
James feels he has "divine rights" and authorizes a new English translation of the Bible, then dies leaving the throne to his son.
At the Passover meal, Jesus tells his disciples that one of them will betray him.
Leonardo da Vinci renders a masterpiece fresco as he interprets the story of Jesus and his disciples sharing a Passover meal. During that meal, Jesus ...
The Catholic Church rules that the Vulgate, which St. Jerome translates, is the only authorized Latin version of the Bible.
Even though he is only human, King James leaves a legacy with his King James Version of the Bible.
Wanting his gifts to be anonymous, Nicholas (according to the legend) throws gold coins into open windows of houses or down chimneys.
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