Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the "meaning in life." Philosopher Matthew ...

I think a lot of people who get interested in Stoicism are looking for a simple guide that tells them how to actually put it into practice in their daily lives. I’m going to try to explain in plain ...

Before I laced up boxing gloves or grappled on a mat, I trained in kung fu. I was fortunate enough to study at a Seattle school where legendary martial artist Bruce Lee once taught. I never met him, ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Since the Battle of Thermopylae, two and a half thousand years ago, the image of the Spartan in his scarlet cloak or chlamys has become emblematic of an ancient warrior ethos. The Greek philosopher ...

Do you have a philosophy of life? Most likely you do even if you can't easily articulate it or it seems like some odd jumble of assumptions and beliefs. And your philosophy is different from your ...

From Plato to Stephen Covey, it’s long been argued that life is more meaningful if guided by a foundational personal philosophy. To that end, here are seven tensions the resolutions of which can help ...

For believers, pursuing a philosophical life is the opposite of having your head in the clouds. Philosophy sometimes gets a bad reputation, even in Christian circles. As some critics might put it: ...

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in Rome around the year 475 C.E. A learned man, he served his nation faithfully as a senator and consul. But the early sixth century was a period of ...