The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one's body fit were vital ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

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Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...

A multi-dimensional mathematical theory applied to texts belonging to the classical Greek Literature spanning eight centuries ...

Decoding Musical Taste Of the myriad topics I get to consider in my obsessive research into the alchemy of our musical taste, the most fascinating is also the most rewarding: how our love of music can ...

It's been left unread for nearly 2,000 years. Now, scientists have used AI to virtually unfurl one of the Herculaneum scrolls ...

The researchers found that levels of lead contamination remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece, considered the cradle of European civilization, throughout the Bronze Age, the Classical ...

In the real world, leaders tend to be fallible human beings with personal issues and personalities that often affect their ability to direct others and accomplish a mission. In other words, they are ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

How does the tradition of Western political thought evolve from Locke’s idea of state to Marx’s vision of the state withering ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato thought that love might cause feelings like attraction and pleasure, which are out of your control. But these feelings are less important than the loving ...