THE study of the history of Greek philosophy requires no defence and, fortunately, little encouragement. Confessedly our intellectual culture can be traced to Greek origin. The subject is so ...

Early Greek mathematician Thymaridas of Paros linked number theory, cosmic harmony, and linear equations, pioneering algebraic thinking.

While Greek thinkers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are known as some of Western civilization's greatest philosophers, and not necessarily economists, their work may have some nuggets of wisdom for ...

What makes us human? Greek and Roman thinkers were preoccupied with this question. And some of their observations of animals foreshadowed recent findings in the behavioural sciences.

But for time-pressed professionals, let's start with the fundamentals. Ancient Greek thinkers taught that every convincing speech should contain three essential elements.

Among Greek thinkers of the Axial Age, Plato stands as a pivotal figure, bridging the teachings of his mentor Socrates and influencing his successors, such as Aristotle.

Other Greek thinkers wrote about their perspectives on other worlds as well. Anaxagoras, a Greek philosopher who died in A.D. 428, thought that the sun was a " mass of red-hot metal " and that the ...

Why Homer and other Greek thinkers, for instance, portrayed Zeus making love to beautiful mortal women? This never came up for discussion in my high school classes.

The Roman Military Conquered the Greeks, but Greek Thought Would Not Be Overthrown Plato and Aristotle and the dramatists of Greece’s golden age were powerful not only in their own right, but in the ...