Philosophy Story Briefs

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.

Who was the Buddha, the man who founded a religion followed by around 400 million people? Step back in time to uncover his origins.

Louis Dembitz Brandeis (18561941) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was known as a strong supporter of civil rights.

Before he was executed by the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was engage to marry Maria von Wedemeyer.

Dr. King gives his powerful, transforming ''I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.

On April 3, 1968 - while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers - MLK gave a moving speech. It was his last.

A breviary, once owned by Mayer van den Bergh, is sumptuous in the extreme (meaning that it is very rare and priceless book).

This image - one of the Ghent-Bruges workshop illustrations in the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary - portrays daily chores framed by strewn flowers in a ...

Although El Greco was born in Crete, he is most-known as a famous painter who lived in Spain.

During medieval times, the Wheel of Fortune was not a game - it was a concept of life. This image depicts an illumination illustrating a Wheel of Fort...

In December of 1508, Michelangelo wrote a sonnet about what it was like for him to paint the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

This clip is from The Agony and the Ecstasy, a 1965 film about the Italian artist Michelangelo and his incredible:sculptures (such as the Moses, David...

Have a look at this helpful book - Muhammad, Prophet and Statesman - by W. Montgomery Watt.

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