Pythagoras refused, on principle, to flee across a field of beans; he was caught and slaughtered. Hypathia, one of antiquity's most prominent female thinkers, fell into the hands of angry Christians, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A statue of Marcus Aurelius at Brown University. Aurelius wrote one of the best books about stoicism. Stoicism books explain this ...

Joseph Albo: Collected Writings, edited by Shira Weiss, is an important and welcome contribution to the study of medieval Jewish philosophy, making the thought of the Spaniard Joseph Albo (1380-1444) ...

Labor Day Weekend is upon us. That means back to school for some 50 million U.S. students—and their teachers. Most likely, lesson plans, at least the early ones, are ready to go. If you teach an age ...

8 Philosophy Books You Need to Read Want to start reading philosophy? Here are eight books we recommend. Some of these are difficult for beginners, but they are well worth the effort. Spending time ...

Join us at the Philosophers' Book Club to discuss Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net. As both a philosopher and a novelist, Murdoch wanted to exploit the advantages 'of having a mind on the borders of ...

Join us at the Philosophers’ Book Club as we discuss Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Notable for its unflinching portrayal of the process of dying and centrally concerned with the question how to ...