Philosophical drama ‘Socrates er Jobanbondi’ to be staged at Shilpakala today At the heart of the play is the tragic trial of the Greek philosopher Socrates, whose unwavering pursuit of truth ...

Community Voices editor Jody K. Biehl reflects on her three years editing columns by Mike Rotkin and the education he offered her about Santa Cruz County, UCSC and being human.

Agnes Callard doesn’t just admire Socrates, the philosopher forced by his fellow Athenians to drink hemlock in 399 BCE; she wants to be him. Entirely conscious of himself as an icon, Callard ...

Find Your Next Book Thrillers N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction Summer Preview Advertisement Supported by Nonfiction In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

Fearing the pain, you baby it and load up on analgesics. Through disuse, your back actually becomes weaker, leading to greater, more constant pain. Many studies have shown this pattern.

The Greek philosopher was the godfather of Stoicism and the original self-help guru. Here’s how you can apply his methods to ask better questions, set better goals, and find clarity of purpose.

And why ataraxia is the ultimate cool.The best way to grasp this concept of ataraxia [Greek, "lack of disturbance or trouble"] is to look at how it fitted into each of the four schools. Cynicism ...

But persistent pain can overprotect us and prevent recovery. People in pain have called this “ pain system hypersensitivity ”. Think of this as your pain system being on red alert.