The ancient Greek philosophers lived during a period when religious traditions, centered on polytheistic gods, were considered absolute and beyond challenge.
Divine power was omnipresent in the cultural context of ancient Greece. The Greeks believed that the gods were not...
The Ancient Greek historian and philosopher Plutarch is best known for his biographies, but he is also widely recognized for his incisive essays in Moralia, a broad collection of writings, dialogues, speeches, and letters that can, in modern terms,...
The unique quality of the Greek language lies in the fact that the phoneme of a word and the meaning of that word are mostly identical.
The signifier and the signified are two important terms in the use of language....
For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was regarded as the highest quality a person could possess, and living virtuously was considered the ultimate goal of life.
Virtue was not merely a philosophical concept but a moral guide to be followed. Living...
The moral frameworks of ancient Greek honor and the Christian concept of guilt represent two profoundly different ways of understanding human responsibility, freedom, and the nature of virtue.
This perspective reveals deep cultural and philosophical divergences that continue to shape...
The "eternal return" is a mysterious and highly intriguing concept that has puzzled many philosophers. According to this, everything will repeat itself exactly as it has already played out. Moreover, there is also the notion that even this repetition...
Modern stoics on TikTok diverge quite a bit from what the ancient philosophers of Stoicism espoused. Their ideas around happiness and productivity are not the same as modern influencers think they are.
By Matthew Duncombe
I don’t know about you, but...
Charlotte Casiraghi claims to be a big fan of the Ancient Greek language and of Greek philosphers.
The oldest daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and fourth in line to the throne of Monaco, is studying Philosophy of the Hellenistic...
