It’s easy to look down on self-help books, but believe it or not the genre is as old as Athens. The word “therapy” comes from therapeia, the ancient Greek word for “healing.” It treated both the body ...

This book may be the product of a publishing trend, but the range and subtlety of the Greek philosopher’s thought are thrilling It’s hard to imagine, at this distance, how it must have been to be ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By John Kaag ARISTOTLE’S WAY How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life By Edith Hall 254 pp. Penguin ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: Well, it's happy birthday Aristotle, 2,400 years of age and still revered, though he ...

Many years ago, as an undergraduate at Fordham University, I took two courses taught by the same Jesuit professor: one on Plato and one on Aristotle. While both classes were excellent, I strongly ...

Do you believe happiness is the ultimate goal of human life? If yes, then you might be a budding Aristotelian, says Edith Hall, a classics professor at Durham University and a scholar of the ancient ...

This striking, luminously illustrated compendium from artist Nabil collects Palestinian folklore from Jerusalem’s Old City. The tales, many of them first-person encounters with Continue reading » ...

Happiness is not a state as far as Aristotle is concerned, it’s an activity, says Professor Edith Hall, and you just have to decide to become happier You’ve got the Headspace app, know your downward ...