philosophy

And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened:—Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— “I find great benefit for the public (to learn) what Mr. Li has written here,” said ...

Declared dead, a man allegedly viewed the hospital in spirit, returning to tell what he saw. His surgeon ...

My mother passed away in August, four days short of her 70th birthday. When we lose something we ...

Don’t blame foreign influences for what’s wrong with America. The biggest problem isn’t communism or the World Economic ...

Twenty-five hundred years ago, Socrates turned the poets away from his utopian Republic. He claimed that the poets ...

Many people have reportedly experienced the afterlife in some way, and many scientists have delved into what could ...

A theoretical physicist who worked with some of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, Henry Stapp says the ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported by an estimated 200,000 Americans a year, and studies around the world suggest ...

When people report having profound out-of-body experiences during close brushes with death, skeptics often attribute it to physiological ...

“And suddenly I was ejected from my body and I wasn’t angry anymore,” she said. A blaze of ...

What is the last question that every thinking person needs to address if they are to live a ...

Why does existence exist? This is the first spiritual question we asked (in Part 2 of this series). ...

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, ...

Harry Jaffa was one of the greatest scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His work has extended ...

Instead of focusing on our exercise or diet to increase our well-being, important as these are, what if ...

Ed Latimore, a professional in the self-improvement arena, found his own strategy for success. It is a practical, ...

We are a society that all too often focuses on work, but do we ever stop and think ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but what does this mean ...

Commentary In a 1946 essay on the subject of “Philosophy for Laymen,” the late British philosopher Bertrand Russell ...

Commentary Philosophy is littered with questions that are easily stated, but difficult to answer. What is—well, you choose: ...

In this episode of Crossroads we analyze the Joker movie [minor spoilers] and its deeper themes of ontological ...

In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Ali Alexander, publisher of Culttture, about the importance of information, ...

We all deal with hardship. Irrespective of race, class, or gender, we all suffer. Suffering is a fact ...

Commentary I have a reflex affection for the word “freedom.” But what does it mean? Most people answer: ...

Why the classics are important today is a radical question, according to John Henry Crosby, the founder and ...

When we fill the skies with artificial light and outshine the stars, we forget our place in the ...