Ancient Greek philosophers used paradoxes for all sorts of reasons, from sharpening their dialectical skills and showing philosophical opponents were talking nonsense to serious philosophical inquiry ...

Today, Greece is a series of more than 2,000 islands (with only 170 of those islands claiming meaningful population numbers) that is bordered by Turkey, Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria. It borders the ...

He is an ancient Greek philosopher who also pioneered in atheism. He declared that everything originated from water and that the Earth floats on water–which just sounds nice. Given the amount of times ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

While it’s not as central to our daily lives today, philosophy has played a role in advancing many of the world’s biggest developments. So it’s no surprise that ancient philosophers and some of the ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...

Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization.

Pop goes the philosophy–it’s time for top 10 ancient atheist philosophers and their quotes. Philosophers aren’t always atheists. The one I dated for 7 years was though–I still tease her by saying God ...