philosopher

The secretary’s examples of Western heroism were the Spartans at Thermopylae and the philosopher Socrates, both of whom, he said, illustrate the “Western” willingness to “pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.”

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Its intellectual roots can be traced to Australian philosopher Peter Singer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

His hero is the French philosopher and journalist Raymond Aron, who “attacked ideas rather than people but expressed his arguments firmly and with conviction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Many of those texts were works by Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Herculaneum roughly a century before Vesuvius erupted.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Where should I start? Poet, philosopher, fisherman. My pop calls me a bum, but that’s elitist, don’t you think? I can split wood, spread mulch, pour beer and grow perfect tomatoes.”

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

By creating a miniature universe from just 24,000 atoms, researchers have gained a new experimental tool for investigating a question that has challenged physicists and philosophers for centuries: What makes time flow?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Whether or not robots dream of electric sheep, rapid advances in artificial intelligence have tech leaders and philosophers pondering what constitutes consciousness.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mr. Rovelli is aware that his readership will include philosophers, fellow physicists and a majority who are neither.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As AI worries grew, EA philosophers such as MacAskill were "kind of thinking about the future of humanity," said Brian Berkey of the University of Pennsylvania.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The subject had been discussed by brilliant philosophers and mathematicians for 2,000 years.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton