A curated list of eight profound books that blend philosophy and poetry, expanding how you think, feel, and see the world., ...

The lessons of Socrates have never really gone out of style, but if there’s ever a perfect time to revisit the ancient philosopher, now is it. In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a ...

Do you find that walking helps to clear your mind in addition to tiring out your legs? You’re not alone. While many of us get out in our hiking boots because hiking is good exercise, many famous ...

What image does the word philosopher conjure? Maybe Socrates, bearded and barefoot, counseling Plato on the agora; Rousseau on one of his solitary walks around the outskirts of Paris; Sartre sucking ...

Some forms of critical evaluation and philosophical thinking are hard because they force us to suspend other habits of mind that serve us well... As an undergraduate, I majored in philosophy — a ...

Before you get too carried away by the idea that AI can amplify your thinking, you might want to ask why, when, and how you ...

One might hope that philosophy, the discipline that prides itself on thinking about thought, would also be thoughtful about itself. If, for instance, half the population had regularly been excluded ...

The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish entities—roadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulents—make ...

Penaluna, who grew up in Iowa and completed much of her postgraduate education there, left academia following a stint as a professor at St John’s University in Queens, New York, after which time she ...

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