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.
By the following spring, after Tuscany was no longer severely threatened by the plague, Galileo could once again communicate with Rome.
When a new Pope was elected in Rome - Urban VIII - Galileo believed his ideas would finally be accepted.
Galileo Galilei was born at a time when people believed the sun revolved around the earth - a theory originally proposed by the Greek philosopher Aris...
Galileo wanted to convince church leaders that Copernicus was right.
Forced by the Church to give-up working on astronomical matters, Galileo returned to his experiments on the laws of motion.
Galileo was ordered to recite prayers and penitence each week, but his daughter - Maria Celeste - took that obligation about herself (although her hea...
Galileo - according to many scholars - was the creator of modern science.
Before Galileo had a chance to plead his cause before the Inquisitor, the Council voted 11-0 that the Earth did not move.
Gandhi urged a national strike after he returned to his country. The Amritsar Massacre soon followed.
Gandhi once told an associate (V.
Gandhi remains a highly respected man in his home country (India) and around the world. Who was he as a man and as a leader?
Newton discovered the concept of gravity, but no one before Einstein figured out what caused gravity.
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