Studying philosophy can be a metaphorical journey into wisdom. My guest today ...

These famous speeches lifted hearts in dark times, gave hope in despair, refined the characters of men, ...

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of history's most misinterpreted philosophers, and it isn't hard to understand ...

  When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death ...

  There has been a lot of civil and political upheaval lately, and what makes the ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

  A few months after Winston Churchill took office as prime minister, the German military ...

Superstitions — beliefs that are neither directly religious nor logically sound — have surely been ...

  Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia at age 19. By age 30 he controlled an empire that spanned ...

  When you think of philosophy, you probably think of ancient Greece or 18th century France. You ...

  In the summer of 1954, two groups of 8- to 11-year-old boys were taken to a summer camp in Oklahoma ...

  In the first year of his presidency, the press used Theodore Roosvelt's name in connection with the ...

  When we seek an example of great leadership, one man who often comes to mind is Winston Churchill -- ...

  For nearly 400 years, the Comanche tribe controlled the southern plains of America. Even as Europeans ...

While figures like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington may come more readily to mind when we think of ...

  What does it mean to live a good life? How can we achieve that good life?  These are questions ...

What do great men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt all have in ...

  The world of Norse mythology and legend is a thoroughly fascinating one, and my guest has captured it ...

  If you've never been in a fight before, have you ever wondered how you’d respond to ...