Jean-Jacques Rousseau (left) and David Hume (right) / University of Houston, Creative Commons By Amy Cools /...
Year: 2017
Creative Commons By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin INTRODUCTION In the...
Seated Figure, terracotta, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta region, Djenné peoples, 25/4 x 29.9 cm (The...
Dying Achilles (Achilleas thniskon) in the gardens of the Achilleion / Photo by Dr.K., Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
Terracotta fragments, Lapita people, c. 1000 B.C.E., red-slip earthenware, Santa Cruz Islands, south-east of Solomon Islands (Department...
Standing Male Worshipper (votive figure), c. 2900-2600 B.C.E., Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum alabaster, shell, black...
Drawing of Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of Naturgemälde: “a microcosm in one page.” Published in Alexander von Humboldt...
“I’m a Dylan professor and a Dylan fan,” says Harvard Professor Richard Thomas, who teaches a popular...
Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho...
Left: Pedestaled krater, c. 800-770 B.C.E., 55.5 cm high, Greek, Geometric period, Rhodes. Right: Jug with a griffin-head spout,...
PublicDomainImages, Pixabay, Creative Commons By Dr. John Perry / 10.22.2016 Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Stanford...
Analyzing the genetics of ancient humans means changing ideas about our evolution. By Gaia Vince / 03.07.2017...
By Dr. Shirley V. Svorny / 11.15.2017 Professor of Economics California State University Executive Summary One of...
Researchers have published details of the largest collection of artefacts from an early English coffeehouse ever discovered....
Priest receiving communion before altar (detail), Master of the Church Fathers’ Border, The Mass of Saint Gregory, late...
Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the globe. Sophie Cousins investigates the challenges women face in...
Could understanding canine compulsions help find new treatments for people with obsessive–compulsive disorders too? By Shayla Love /...
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch...
Terracotta kantharos (vase), 7th century B.C.E., Etruscan, terracotta, 18.39 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) By Dr....
Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater, Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-450 B.C.E., 54 x 56 cm (Musée du Louvre) By Dr....
Wikimedia Commons Hindū Dharma or Hinduism (Sanskrit: हिन्दू धर्म, is often referred by its practitioners as Sanātana Dharma, सनातन धर्म; Vaidika Dharma,...
Wikimedia Commons Hinduism (Sanskrit: Hindū Dharma — हिन्दू धर्म, also known as Sanātana Dharma, सनातन धर्म and Vaidika Dharma, वैदिक धर्म) is...
Vyasa grants Sanjaya divine vision, by Ramanarayanadatta astri / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Christian Coseru / 12.12.2017 Associate...
The statue of Marcus Aurelius Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome / Photo by Jeff, CC BY-NC-ND By Dr. Massimo Pigliucci /...
Apulu (Apollo of Veil), from the roof of the Portonaccio temple, Italy, c. 510-500 B.C.E., painted terracotta,...
View of sphinxes, the first pylon, and the central east-west aisle of Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak in...
Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii (Photo: F. Tronchin/Warren, Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii, BY-NC-ND...
LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com By Dr. Natalie Munro / 12.15.2017 Professor of Anthropology University of Connecticut This holiday season...
Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy, from a panoramic fresco on the upper level...
A Reading from Homer (1885) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885 / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jean...