In 399 BCE, Athens put one of its greatest thinkers, Socrates, on trial. The charges? Corrupting the youth and disrespecting ...

As the hour drew near, everyone in the room broke down and wept except for Socrates himself, who continued to treat the affair as if it were nothing at all, at one point turning to them and saying ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute ...

In other words, wisdom invites us to lean into the discomfort of not knowing. Wisdom is not merely about the quantity of ...

There’s a reason why death has been a central part of spiritual traditions and philosophy throughout history. “The one aim of ...

[1] The most notorious death execution in BC was about 399 BC when the Greek philosopher Socrates was required to drink poison for heresy and corruption of youth.[2] Mosaic Law codified many ...

The author helps us see Yalta better by connecting her to Socrates’ wife Xanthippe ... their living expenses after their patriarch’s death. Another is the story of Marta, a wealthy widow ...

I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple ...

Eiren Caffall, Michael C. Grumley, Mark A. Rayner and Agustina Bazterrica paint bleak pictures in new writings.

While painting Joseph Roulin and his wife and children, Vincent wrote in great excitement: “I’ve done the portraits of an ...