In the modern age, an instrument destined for great fortune also took shape: the roulette. The origins are unclear: perhaps ...

Take Francis Hutcheson, the Irish philosopher who first coined the classic slogan of utilitarianism — that actions should ...

You can tell a lot about people and their worldview by how they handle disappointment, especially the results of this past presidential election that saw President-elect Trump defeat Vice ...

This is a quote of Basil Pascal (1625-1662). Pascal was among the brightest of men--a French mathematician, inventor, philosopher and physicist who invented and constructed a calculating device ...

French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier is celebrated for his groundbreaking work in predicting the existence of Neptune through mathematical calculations, a feat that changed the ...

According to our information, he is even sometimes granted leave. Having removed Blaise Compaoré from the jurisdiction of Burkina Faso, the French authorities have now decided to remove François ...