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.
Gandhi once told an associate (V.
As Dante and his traveling companion, Virgil, continue their journey, they soon come to a place which looks like a cave in this engraving by Gustave D...
Newton discovered the concept of gravity, but no one before Einstein figured out what caused gravity.
England's National Day features St. George, the Dragon Slayer, who is the patron saint of many countries, including England. What is the story behind ...
J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend, C.S. Lewis, both said they were influenced by the Scottish writer, and thinker, George MacDonald (who was already dead ...
This image—from a never-completed work—portrays David (writer of Psalms and Israelite King). It was created by a miniaturist working...
The Library of Congress owns one of three "perfect" Gutenberg Bibles printed on vellum (calf's skin). The other two are at the British Library (...
After revising his work seven times, Thoreau publishes Walden on August 9, 1854.
By 1527, Henry VIII is sure he wants to divorce Catherine of Aragon. To do so, he reaches back in time to the injunction he once had a Pope set aside.
Hera was the wife of Zeus, therefore queen of the gods of ancient Greece, according to Greek mythology.
Wearing the letter "A" on her clothes, Hester Prynne must display the "scarlet letter" whenever she is in public. This artistic interpretation of Hest...
Irish school children, in the 1960s, tell the story of St. Patrick (of St. Patrick's Day).
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