The first sundowner of the evening is always a holiday highlight - but not if you're paying through the nose for it. One of Greece's prettiest spots, the ancient Old Town of Rhodes, has been red ...

This conference brings together thinkers exploring philosophical methodology from different viewpoints. The focus is on the question of what kind of methodology could foster progress in philosophy, ...

Philosophers don’t tend to sell out worldwide speaking tours, but Ryan Holiday is hardly your typical philosopher. The U.S.-based author of 12 bestselling books—who recently wrapped up a tour ...

Zeno of Citium, influenced by Socrates and the Cynics, developed Stoic philosophy to cultivate virtue and achieve tranquillity in an unpredictable world. The Stoics believed that true happiness ...

Epictetus was one of the many Greek philosophers of the Stoic movement, who shaped our modern world in many aspects. Credit: impuslenine, CC BY 2.0 We are all familiar with that moment in the doctor’s ...

Broadly speaking, Stoicism is a practical philosophy that pushes its followers to focus on the things that we can control — namely, the mind — and in doing so to gain emotional resilience ...

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