Calliope Callisto Clark and the Search for Wisdom introduces timeless philosophy through the relatable story of a girl ...

Three slim philosophy classics confront death, time, and meaning without excess. Tolstoy exposes a life misdirected, Plato ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A statue of Marcus Aurelius at Brown University. Aurelius wrote one of the best books about stoicism. Stoicism books explain this ...

Philosophy may not sound like the most exciting thing to learn about. How could, for example, ancient minds and thought leaders such as Cicero, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius possibly engage us today?

Matthew Sharpe works at Deakin University. He has received ARC funding for work on philosophy and the life (until 2019). He is a coorganiser of Melbourne Stoicon-X (Oct. 29, 2022) & also teaches ...

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 ...

Philosophy is often treated as something abstract, a conversation that belongs to dead Greeks or modern intellectuals in tweed jackets. Yet at its best, philosophy was never meant to stay in the ...

A guide for those that are interested in philosophy, but are having trouble knowing where to start. The list is obviously not definitive and opinions as to how reliable some of the texts mentioned are ...