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The Man of Steel Represents American Values

Aamir Hussain | Posted 06.17.2013 | Religion
Aamir Hussain

Although our nation remains intensely divided, we can all look up to Superman as what we can, and perhaps should be. Superman's greatness lies in his humility.

How Criticism Can Change Your Life

Shayne Traviss | Posted 06.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Shayne Traviss

Every challenge in our lives presents us with a choice point, an opportunity to make the most suitable decision possible for our highest good. We can choose to react, which creates war or we can choose conscious action, which creates peace.

Platonism and Secularism in the Thought of Plethon

Evaggelos Vallianatos | Posted 05.28.2013 | World
Evaggelos Vallianatos

Byzantium (medieval Greece) survived the barbarian invasions that brought the Western Roman Empire to an end in the fifth century. Medieval Greece lived for more than a millennium, for several centuries a superpower. In fact, medieval Greece spread civilization to Eastern Europe and Russia.

Everybody Say 'OPA!'

Alex Pattakos | Posted 05.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Alex Pattakos

The notion of the "good life" can be viewed as the human quest for meaning, a formidable challenge that involves both making a living and making a life that really matters, that has significance.

The Four Elements

Mario Livio | Posted 05.07.2013 | Science
Mario Livio

Today we talk about chemical reactions occurring not only here on Earth, but even in the interstellar medium. We may have lost the naïve simplicity, but we have gained the understanding, precision, and predictive power.

Rick Ross as a Mirror for the Music Industry and Culture as a Whole

Toni Nagy | Posted 06.18.2013 | Entertainment
Toni Nagy

Forcing an apology out of Ross does not address the pandemic of misogyny. This message of party culture and women as sexual objects is constantly perpetuated by the music business.

The Thought of Plato

Evaggelos Vallianatos | Posted 06.10.2013 | World
Evaggelos Vallianatos

I hesitate to call Plato "divine" not because I have any doubts about his being a godlike Greek thinker, but because of the prejudice of our twenty-fi...

Satire Is the Best Revenge

David Misch | Posted 05.31.2013 | Comedy
David Misch

Not just satire but comedy itself begins with mocking. Plato and Aristotle said all laughter was wrong because comedy is inherently cruel (something many people still believe, especially me when I think about Ken Magnuson in 8th grade gym class).

YouthBuild and Plato's Allegory of the Cave

YouthBuild USA | Posted 04.22.2013 | Impact
YouthBuild USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifAs Brandon Menjares approached the podium for his YouthBuild Just-A-Start graduation speech, I fully expected to be blown away.

Mentoring for the 21st Century

Carnegie Corporation of New York | Posted 04.02.2013 | Home
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Perhaps no other field of human endeavor serves as directly and forcefully as a "flight school" for the human spirit as teaching and learning.

New Year and Old Yearnings

Jag Bhalla | Posted 03.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Jag Bhalla

Certain virtues are certainly rational. It is an unskilled use of reason to think otherwise. Or to fail to at least try to act accordingly.

Why I Make Figurative Paintings

Daniel Maidman | Posted 02.26.2013 | Arts
Daniel Maidman

When we paint, we are making an image of a spiritual phenomenon. The image itself begins to partake of consciousness, owning itself and making person-like demands on the viewer.

Scientists Create "Map" Of Reality

| Posted 12.27.2012 | Science

By Ben Thomas | December 26, 2012 They called him “Diogenes the Cynic,” because “cynic” meant “dog-like,” and he had a habit of baski...

For a Better Society, Teach Philosophy in High Schools

Michael Shammas | Posted 02.25.2013 | College
Michael Shammas

Why philosophy? Because the study of philosophy, the "love of wisdom," creates and nurtures thoughtful minds, minds that can -- as Aristotle suggests -- entertain a thought without accepting it.

Doha, Plato and a Dangerous Poet

Lex Paulson | Posted 12.10.2012 | World
Lex Paulson

Should the Obama administration rally to the cause of poetic freedom? Should our diplomats put the screws on the emirate of Qatar, our ally in Libya, purveyor of our petroleum, friendly host of UN climate negotiations and the 2022 World Cup?

Is Human Intellect on the Downward Slide?

Rob Brooks | Posted 01.20.2013 | Science
Rob Brooks

Humans are complex animals. Our intelligence is a complex adaptation. And the diverse and surprising ways in which we use it today suggest that we owe it to more than a handful of simplistic evolutionary scenarios.

Uncommon Sense: Self-Driving Cars and Books That Write Themselves

Michael Sigman | Posted 12.26.2012 | Comedy
Michael Sigman

A webzine recently asked me to write 100 words on the question, "If you had to choose between blindness and deafness, which sense would you keep?" I gave them one word: "common."

The "Allegory of the Cave" on Film

Stavros Papageorghiou | Posted 11.19.2012 | Arts
Stavros Papageorghiou

The story of my latest film, entitled Adventure of the Soul, has its roots in the well-known "Allegory of the Cave" which the Greek philosopher Plato ...

The Olympics and Peri-Pathetics

John Brown | Posted 10.13.2012 | Entertainment
John Brown

As we in recent days are being bombarded with Olympic images of the glorification of physically-pushed/exhausted "winners," I have a modest proposal for the next Olympics for NBC's sport broadcasts to the world.

WATCH: Meet Plato On Pasadena Avenue

Posted 08.08.2012 | Los Angeles

Never has philosophy seemed so edgy! Mear One (né Kalen Ockerman), a popular street artist and graphic designer known for making political stateme...

History's Worst Twitter Scandals!

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 10.02.2012 | Comedy
Davis Schneiderman

Even if an errant-tweet is music to your scandal-hungry ears, you may have actually missed some of the most knock-down, bare-knuckled, ugly tweet wars in history.

How Google's Artificial Intelligence Killed Plato

Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 09.08.2012 | Technology
Brandon G. Withrow

If a self-taught computer can recognize cats, what else will it be able to recognize when computers reach WALL-E proportions.

Are You Still Renting Space in Plato's Cave?

Peter Baksa | Posted 08.01.2012 | Healthy Living
Peter Baksa

Observe your thinking and be sure to evaluate this difference. Whatever we end up thinking becomes our reality.

The "Wisdom" of Pearson's Pineapple Passage

Alan Singer | Posted 07.10.2012 | Home
Alan Singer

If Pearson and Merryl Tisch were teachers being evaluated based on lesson of the pineapple, hare, and owl, they would both be rated "Unsatisfactory."

The #Occupy Coloring Book

Posted 01.07.2012 | Arts

How are we to comprehend a movement with no single leader, a wide range of demands and 2,464 Occupy "communities" in different cities and towns across...