philosopher

“The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry ...

“When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.” That proverb, purportedly from Africa, contains a ...

Conservative philosopher and public commentator Roger Scruton has died of cancer at the age of 75, according to ...

PRINCETON, N.J.—If you care about beauty in art, music, and architecture; if you are looking for consolation in ...

Shao Yong (A.D. 1011–1077) was a philosopher, poet, and cosmologist of the Northern Song Dynasty. In his youth, ...

Socrates saw the decline of Greek society, but instead of indulging, he cultivated his soul through virtue.