Stoicism is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. For the Stoic, virtue alone is sufficient for human happiness. For Stoics, emotions like ...

Muslim scholars preserved Ancient Greek ... Jewish philosophers of this period were. Though there are, of course, several other important examples, we will focus on the following three: Saadiah ...

I am a scholar of ancient Greek philosophy, and when I cover this material with my undergraduates, they are astonished that an ancient Greek thinker sheds so much light on their own relationships. But ...

The Stoics taught the importance of self-control, making all decisions with reason and living by virtue and in harmony with ...

But occasionally great minds ... Ethics III, Ch.3). So, let’s get back to the tasty stuff. Is eating bread an indulgence? These days, epicurean means a person devoted to sensory pleasures, ...

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Richard Janko, a classicist at the University of Michigan, has called the papyrus “the most important new piece of evidence about Greek philosophy ... “There were pieces that were completely ...

While I respect many of the moral accomplishments of the West, I believe that Judaism still has much to offer in critique of the West’s many remaining failings.

In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a ...