First, we can either reject this idea (at left) or accept it as truth. Since it comes from a fairly decent pedigree, Plato, let’s assume that...
This from French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher François-Marie Arouet, known to us as Voltaire. If you’ve never read Candide, I hope you’ll treat yourself. The...
In a world in which empathy seems to be on the run, it’s good to be reminded of what the world’s great thinkers have had to...