For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors ...

In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in ...

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 was published over seventy years ago, in 1953, and yet continues to be a source of ...

I had only come across Henri Bergson recently—a friend had fleetingly mentioned that his text on memory was difficult to grasp, perhaps.

He's a thinker, Howard tells us. But it's not a brag, more a mundane description of a comic's life; he has a thought, and then works out how to make it funny. It's not difficult, or onerous, and he's ...

Cultivating an understanding of a range of central philosophical debates, as well as of the history of philosophy (ancient, modern and contemporary), all major areas of philosophy are available for ...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson, a pending free agent, indicated that he and the organization have had preliminary conversations about him potentially returning next season.

Anxiety, a philosophical guide is a book of therapeutic philosophy. Author Samir Chopra’s aim is to take us through the history of philosophy, pointing out those thinkers along the way who have ...

Provocative French filmmaker Bertrand Blier, who scored hits with transgressive comedies featuring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert such as “Going Places” and “Get Out Your ...

Bertrand Blier didn't care much about appearing ... His own legacy consists of a few books and 18 feature films, most of which have left a mark on French society. Many of them were huge popular ...

“It is with great sadness that I learn of the death of Bertrand Blier. He was a genius of dialogue, in the tradition of Prévert and Audiard,” said French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on X.