The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the...

Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the...

The ability of sports federations to self-regulate is a profession of faith in the governance of global sports, even as a defense measure against attempts at political...

Utopia is a frame narrative depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs, a work of fiction and political philosophy. Concerning the...

Over the centuries there have been people able to influence the course of events to the point of changing history. Sometimes they are bulky personalities who have directed the...

Rene Descartes is often described as the first modern philosopher, but much of the content of his Meditations on First Philosophy can be found in the medieval period that had...