“Hereditary states are much less difficult to hold than new states. If such a ruler is ordinarily diligent and competent his government will always be secure.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

There have been many mass marches in history, and they have been turned into material for myths and mystification and constitute a trove of wealth for the imagination. Mass gatherings of people stir ...

“Those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana, a philosopher, essayist ... with the Great Cultural Revolution of Chairman Mao. Mao feared that capitalism was ...

In Plato’s ideal republic, the ideal ruler was dubbed the Philosopher King which is his ideal vision of a political leader. In Plato’s mind, the right to rule ought to be exclusive to ...

In Plato’s ideal republic, the ideal ruler was dubbed the Philosopher King, which was his ideal vision of a political leader. In Plato’s mind, the right to rule ought to be exclusive to ...

With echoes of Monty Python, the first feature from public domain fan and Mexican creative Aria Covamonas world premieres at Rotterdam: "There was no script for this movie but a method." ...

Why does Mickey Mouse, which entered the public domain last year, feature in The Great History of Western Philosophy ... that is excessive.” Why do Mao and other Chinese characters and ...

King Charles will produce a one-off documentary with Amazon focusing on the monarch's "philosophy of harmony". The King's Foundation revealed the collaboration, describing it as a "landmark film". A ...

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