
Dong Zhongshu's Tales of the Unexpected
Dong Zhongshu was a thinker fascinated by the role of chance events in human history.
Philosophy for the insatiably curious
Dong Zhongshu was a thinker fascinated by the role of chance events in human history.
What are we, most fundamentally? Kaṇāda, founder of the Vaiśeṣika philosophical school, has some surprising answers.
When the going gets tough, it can be good to read philosophy out loud.
Ptolemaïs of Cyrene, the ancient philosopher, and what she can teach us about the art of music.
For the philosopher Han Fei, the ultimate form of charisma was to have no charisma. His ideas were instrumental in cementing the power of Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor.
Two philosophers from the ancient world who changed their minds: Timocrates the (former) Epicurean, and Dionysius the (former) Stoic.