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.
Learn the story of how Nkosi Sikelele became part of South Africa's national anthem and meet the young man who wrote the song.
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (by David Hugh Farmer) says the birthplace of Saint Patrick is “somewhere in the west between the mouth of the S...
The word "Pesach" is pronounced PAY-sahch, with the "ch" sounding like the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch." It stands for "Passover," a holy da...
This image depicts a bust of Plutarch at Chaeronea, his hometown in Greece. A famous writer, in ancient times, his still-studied book -&nbs...
Sermons, like this one from clergy like Abraham Keteltas, supported colonial revolutionary ideas by saying that God and Biblical authority backed thei...
This image, of Galileo's recantation, depicts the ending section. The document, which he actually signed, eliminated two points which the Cardin...
This cover image depicts a book written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer's twin-sister, Sabine. It shows Sabine with her twin-brother Dietrich. The Engli...
This diagram details the subject matter of Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It also provides a guide to the identi...
Bookcover image of Steven Austin: Empresario of Texas, by Professor Gregg Cantrell.
Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, by Gregg Cantrell, is the first full-length biography of the "Father of Texas" in more than seventy year...
Image depicts the illustration that was used opposite the title page of Equiano's autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equi...
George Mason would not sign the U.S. Constitution because it did not contain a Bill of Rights. He set-forth the reasons for his objections, as...
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