Philosophy

Inside the Growing Movement to Do More Good

By Naina Bajekal/Oxford, U.K.

What an Ancient Philosopher Can Teach You About Being Happy

By Annabel Gutterman

How to Fix American Stupidity

By Steven Nadler

The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides

By Olivia B. Waxman
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These 5 Books Could Help You Advance Your Career

Even if you’re not actively looking for a new job

By Martha C. White / Money

Now You Know: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

The famous question has thousands of years of history behind it

By Merrill Fabry

How Broadband Helps Job Seekers

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

How to Improve Your Relationships With Others

Most of us periodically struggle to manage our relationships, whether we’re trying to manage a company, a team, a marriage, or a friendship. The problem is that we’re often fighting, rather than riding, the tremendous...

By Shane Parrish

A Profound Contradiction of Human Existence

“Science does not reveal the meaning of our existence, but it does draw back some of the veils.”***“Be not deceived,” Epictetus writes in The Discourses, “every animal is attached to nothing so much as to...

By Shane Parrish

The Case Against Designer Babies Falls Apart

It is time we moved away from absolute bans and started focusing on how to mitigate the dangers and risks instead

By TIME Staff

A Handy Guide to All the Philosophers Referenced in Irrational Man

Leave it to Woody Allen to make a movie that doubles as a philosophy lecture

By Eliza Berman
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