Human reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon ...

Disappointed with Western civilization in his later years, Yan came to re-evaluate Confucianism and rediscovered the modern significance in the thinking of Confucius and Mencius.

A look at ‘women at the heart of history’— through the contributions of the saints and Mother Angelica and beyond — and how ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...

With a history that spans over 5,000 years, China is home to some of the earliest civilizations. The Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, and Confucian philosophies are just a few aspects of China’s ...

An ancient glacier high in the French Alps has revealed the oldest known ice in Western Europe—dating back over 12,000 years ...

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles, and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...

To what degree, though, does modern Western reason remain indebted to religious sources ... in five or six most advanced civilizations of the time. That is why, before presenting the history of ...

Essentially, his fundamental point—that Western civilization is uniquely characterized by introspective selfhood and the creation of paradox—remains both provocative and illuminating. In the end, ...

Standing in the shadow of the Parthenon today in modern-day Athens, you are witnessing mathematics and geometry at their finest, manifested in Pentelic marble. The Acropolis demonstrates how a handful ...