The goal of this essay is to set forth the ethical teaching of al-Fārābī and of Ibn Sīna. However, because their writings and their philosophy are not well-known to us, it seems appropriate to move ...

One typical aim of responsibilist virtue epistemology is to employ the notion of intellectual virtue in pursuit of an ameliorative epistemology. This paper focuses on “political inquiry” as a case ...

Anselm Winfried Müller, the Chicago Moral Philosophy Seminar Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy, gave a lecture entitled “What Do We Live For?”, where he outlined the conflict between ...

Few have left such a great impact on history as Aristotle. As a philosopher, he has heavily impacted how humans think and navigate the world. In most cultures, he is called “The Philosopher” or “The ...

VIRTUE: FOR TOO MANY AMERICANS, the word suggests only a bygone bluenose era, prim lectures on sexual purity -- at best, something you ""lose'' when you finally give in or give up. But for the ancient ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The ancient Greeks developed a philosophy called Stoicism: based on reasoning, self-control and virtue as a path to a good life. Host Ben Hall and Nashville Stoics Organizer ...

Historical periods are commonly differentiated into various features that define them, such as the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, or the Age of Discovery. Our day may come to be known as the Age of ...