Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: kataklinger at Deposit Photos. Philosophy has always been humanity’s go-to guide for tackling life’s biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The political theorist wrote with the intention of changing the world (Getty) By some measures, Karl Marx (1818–83) is the most ...

Medieval alchemists, and more recently Harry Potter, spent time seeking the Philosopher’s Stone. It was thought to be the elixir of life, bestowing long life and perhaps even immortality. Fifty years ...

“Right now there are few or no regulations, guidelines, or ethical agreements that have addressed many of the real issues that are facing the world,” a Masthead member wrote on our forums last week.

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...