The Greek philosopher Plato proposed gender equality, arguing women could participate in political and military life in his Republic.

Today’s youth cherish “authenticity,” but is it a virtue? According to a report from Ernst & Young, more than 9 in 10 Gen Z respondents indicated that being authentic and true to yourself is extremely ...

Among the many things that remain of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026, are two things: firstly, that the crisis of capitalism – a word the social-democratic master ...

Philosopher Immanuel Kant questioned the idea that war ennobles humanity. He pointed to ancient Greek wisdom that war creates ...

Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official, was widely believed to be running the country as it reeled from the killing of its supreme leader and a widening war. Israel said Tuesday that it ...

The great German philosopher both robustly defended the public sphere—and for seven decades never stopped participating in it ...

The conservative commentator argues that the U.S. Constitution reflects St. Thomas Aquinas’ ‘mixed regime’ and a broader ...

Pierre-Édouard Stérin is financing projects to make France less Muslim, more Catholic and more capitalist. He says his program has trained thousands running for municipal office on Sunday.

A teenager in Nazi Germany, Habermas was a member of the Hitler Youth though avoided being drafted into the Wehrmacht when armistice was called. Studying in Germany and Switzerland after the war, he ...

Umberto Bossi, the firebrand founder of Italy’s populist Northern League and one of the most influential — and polarizing — figures of Italian politics, has died, his party said.