With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation ...

A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death ...

Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden ...

Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today ...

Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my mind ...

Life is often experienced as a demanding, ongoing story. But with a little practice, a new space opens for peaceful presence ...

Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides ...

The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art ...

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head ...

We can choose how we live – why not how we leave? A free society should allow dying to be more deliberate and imaginative ...

The tide has turned – evidence shows ordinary citizens in the Western world are now richer and more equal than ever before ...

Plato travelled to the decadent strife-torn court of Syracuse three times, risking his life to create a philosopher-king ...