How do some entrepreneurs manage to come up with solutions for the toughest problems? They borrow this method from an ancient philosopher. A First Principle is a basic, essential, foundational truth ...

There are arguably few ancient thinkers as influential in their domains as Socrates, Aristotle, and Confucius. Emerging from different cultures or epochs in time, these three remarkable teachers ...

In his powerful book The Burnout Society, South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an "achievement society" in ...

The quote first appeared in a 1926 book by U.S. historian and philosopher Will Durant titled "The Story of Philosophy." It is part of a passage in which Durant helps to elucidate a concept first ...

It’s easy to look down on self-help books, but believe it or not the genre is as old as Athens. The word “therapy” comes from therapeia, the ancient Greek word for “healing.” It treated both the body ...