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.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of America's famous nineteenth-century thinkers and writers, endured a great deal of sadness in his life.
Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter, born in Leiden during on the 15th of July, 1606.
Historians view Armand-Jean du Plessis, also known as Cardinal Richelieu, through differing eyes. To some he is a hero; to others he is a villain.
Bagger Vance is the fictionalized version of Bhagavan (Lord) Krishna.
Ronald Millar - a playwright-speechwriter for Margaret Thatcher - played a major role in MT's rise to political power. Able to find "her voice," Mill...
Columba (521-597), the famous saint of Scotland, was actually an Irishman.
Matthew Paris, who died in 1259, created this illumination depicting Saladin and Guy de Lusignan fighting over a relic known as the "Sacred Cross" dur...
While "witch hunts" frequently took place in parts of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries - resulting in the deaths of up to 50,000 people - th...
The first witch trial, in Massachusetts, occurred soon after the Puritans arrived in America. In 1648, Margaret Jones was accused - and hanged - in Ch...
After Tituba—accused of being a witch in 1692—testified that she saw the names of other people in the “Devil’s book,” th...
Making their way through the various parts of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil come to the "Ninth Circle of Hell." There they see a gigantic figure...
This image depicts a sculpture of Seneca the Youngerby Puerta de Almodvarin Crdoba, Spain.
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