What does it mean to have a "world view?" How does "thinking about the meaning of life" translate into "living life?" Who are the world's great thinkers? Is Aristotle still relevant? This Collection features philosophy-related stories.
In 1939, while reconstruction work was taking place inside St.
In this clip—from a 1984 performance of Verdi’s Requiem—Herbert von Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)...
Emotionally upset, and in the throes of depression, Verdi makes a decision. It is 1840, and he's had it with composing music. Then ... an unexpected e...
One of Princess Diana's favorite songs was beautifully performed at her funeral by Lynne Dawson.
Victor Emmanuel II became the first king of Italy in 1861. Ten years later, the entire country was united under his rule.
Soon after the opening lines of Dante’s Inferno, the narrator (Dante) is joined by someone who can lead him on his journey. It’s Vir...
Image of George Mason's handwritten Declaration of Rights which he drafted in May, 1776.
This image depicts a page from the Visconti Book of Hours. The original illumination - created by Luchino Belbello da Pavia, circa 1430 - measures&nbs...
One of Europe's six patron saints, St. Bridget was born in Sweden.
A view of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived in a small cabin between 1845-1847.
When and where did Easter eggs originate? When did people first write about them?
How much power should America's branches of government have?
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