Diogenes of Sinope, a beggar who lived on the streets of Athens in the fourth century B.C.E., has been hailed as the progenitor of performance art, an inspiration for the Occupy movement, and, by the ...

Visual metaphors and intuitive explanations abound in this entertaining, informative and accessible exploration of philosophy ...

He was a former member of the Tudeh Party of Iran, an Iranian communist party, and had also carried out studies on philosophy. He was a nephew of Nima Yushij, the father of Iranian blank verse poetry, ...

Philosophy doesn’t belong to classrooms or ancient scrolls; it belongs to life itself. From Stoicism to Buddhism, from Montaigne to Gawande, these books turn deep thinking into practical wisdom for ...

THIS is a book of unusual interest. Many writers have discussed the influence which the investigations and theories of natural science have had on our notions of ’mind’, ’soul’ or ’spirit’, but Dr.

Many popular self-help books by Western authors draw heavily from Hindu philosophy. Concepts like the Law of Attraction in 'The Secret' and the idea of interconnectedness echo ancient Hindu scriptures ...