There have been many Shakespeare scholars, critics, and admirers throughout history. Such undying popularity, and engagement, is a testament to...

In 2020, the University of Edinburgh renamed what was then called Hume Tower, removing the name of the eighteenth-century Scottish...

philosophybits: “The thoughts of wise men enrich their possessors with virtue.” — Socrates, in Xenophon’s Memorabilia Originally appeared on Philosophy...

thirdity: “If poetry introduces the strange, it does so by means of the familiar. The poetic is the familiar dissolving...

“Shower [a man] with all earthly blessings, drown him in happiness totally up to his head, so much so that...

Never have the father, son, and holy ghost of letters been so split by heretics as in the holy trinity,...

philosophybits: “Fear is the parent of cruelty.” — Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian Originally appeared on Philosophy...

“One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom.” – Franz Kafka, The Castle...