Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism ...

Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...

The Elements in Ancient Philosophy series deals with a wide variety of topics and texts in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, written by leading scholars in the field. Some Elements will take a theme ...

Vegetarianism wasn’t common in the ancient world. But it did have some ... too and there was a sophisticated debate between philosophers about eating animals. We know this from Porphry’s ...

Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher who allegedly died laughing at his own joke, remains a figure of fascination for his ...

TEST your Greek knowledge in this true or false quiz – after a survey revealed how little people know about the country.

Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World,” Donald J. Robertson aims to show how the famed philosopher's work ...