So often it seems genius is coupled with illness, tragedy, and premature death. Whether it was delusion, betrayal, struggles ...

We thought it would be interesting to find out who you think is the Greatest Philosopher of all time, and because there are so many brilliant characters and ideas to choose from, we hope that a ...

For Nietzsche, the famous mustachioed nihilist, happiness is a kind of control one has over their surroundings. The German philosopher wrote frequently on the impacts that power (and a lack of ...

Many of them did so purely out of self-interest, in order to continue a barbaric trade, but some historical philosophers sought to justify slavery from the best intentions. The great Greek ...

In his four-volume series Socrates’ Children: The 100 Greatest Philosophers, philosopher Peter Kreeft describes Sartre as “a totally ‘spoiled’ only child. His father died when he was one ...

For those moments, it can help to fall back on the wisdom of history's greatest thinkers: Kierkegaard, Socrates, Thoreau, and Confucius. Here's what philosophers discovered about happiness long ...