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 ...
The Roman Stoic philosopher understood that we cannot live life and move forward in it if weighed down by the past nor with anxiety about the future.
The Roman philosopher believed constantly waiting for a better tomorrow could prevent people from appreciating the time they ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases ...
Out of the many schools of philosophy from the ancient world, Stoicism enjoys the most contemporary popularity. Stoics developed intricate conceptual systems, but their main concern was how to live ...
Quote of the Day: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca, was a Roman philosopher, statesman, and playwright who lived from around 4 BCE to 65 CE. Born circa 4 BCE in Corduba, now Córdoba, ...
When someone describes a person as "virtuous," what image comes to mind? For many of us, the word evokes a kind of quiet moral propriety — someone who follows the rules, avoids temptation, stays on ...
Considered the “last of the Roman philosophers,” Boethius’s philosophical perspectives were influenced by the Greek Neoplatonists and the Stoics. When Theoderic the Great, the Ostrogoth who ruled ...
This book review is a web exclusive for the Winter 2025/26 issue of The Independent Review. The life of Socrates has shaped Western civilization for two and half millennia. All later Greco-Roman ...
Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade. I work on a university campus. One might expect ...
Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade. I work on a university campus. One might expect ...