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Books Ryan Holiday has sold, in 40 languages. His breakout hit The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and ...
Modern Meditations is a quick, easy read chalked full of nuggets of wisdom and pearls of practical advice for living a modern ...
Was the Book of Daniel really written in the sixth century BC or was it a much later forgery from the Hellenistic Era?
Mythology isn’t full of saints. These 8 books reveal the darker sides of gods through vengeance, betrayal, and chaos, and why ...
Goliath was a mighty Philistine warrior who appears as a giant in the Bible and was an enemy of the Israelites whom David killed.
The sacred water world of the ancient Greeks The Greeks had several water gods that reigned over the oceans, seas, rivers and ...
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What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.
Trump then led the polls, but he was still generally dismissed as a novelty candidate, certain to fade as summer turned to ...
F or Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a ...
From ziplining at Catalina Island to catching a live jazz show on a farm, here are 25 ways kick off your ultimate summer in L ...
If you're looking for a new book to enjoy this weekend, then why not try one of our favourites? From a Victorian classic to ...
Only two places in Vienna may legally say they have the original recipe: the Hotel Sacher and the Café Demel. It was ...