Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism ...

Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...

The Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy was founded in 1978 by Professor Robert Hahn at Brandeis University under the name of "The Greater Boston Colloquium for Ancient Philosophy." Initially ...

If anything can halt the spread of the ‘ism’ that robs us of hope, trust, and agency, it’s the philosophy that is the rhetorical equivalent of a dog’s bark.

Vegetarianism wasn't common in the ancient world. But it did have some ... too and there was a sophisticated debate between philosophers about eating animals. We know this from Porphry's book ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism ...

Matthew Duncombe receives funding from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and the British Academy. Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined ...

From ancient times to the modern era, notable women have challenged traditional gender norms in philosophy and left a lasting ...