From Egypt to Romania, the monastic tradition is responsible for several of the world’s most extraordinary feats of architecture
Over at his blog Leiter Reports, UC Chicago professor of philosophy Brian Leiter is currently conducting a very interesting poll, asking his readers to rank the 25 philosophers of 'the modern era' (the last 200 years) who 'have had the most pernicious influence on philosophy.' The pool of candidates comes from an earlier survey of influential philosophers, and Leiter has imposed some conditions on his respondents, asking that they only rank philosophers they have read, and only include 'serious philosophers'--'no charlatans like Derrida or amateurs like Rand.' While I personally wince at Leiter's Derrida jab (and cheer his exclusion of Rand), I think his question may be a little too academic, his field perhaps too narrow.
Consideing the meaning behind the Nicene Creed, long before the movie Creed there was a different Creed garnering much buzz and grabbing people’s attention.
Prince Henry the Navigator wanted to find a water route to India because a ship could carry more goods to and from India than the largest caravans.
The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was fought for nearly a half-century between Athens and Sparta, ancient Greece’s leading city-states.
About 1450, European scholars became more interested in studying the world. This new age in Europe was eventually called “the Renaissance.”
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