Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A statue of Marcus Aurelius at Brown University. Aurelius wrote one of the best books about stoicism. Stoicism books explain this ...

In John Kaag’s recent book, “American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation,” the author traces the evolution of the American character through the members of one family. This is Kaag’s ...

Monasteries, manuscripts and slow thought shaped centuries of ideas about God, reason and human duty. Medieval philosophy wrestled with faith and logic side by side, building foundations still felt ...

What image does the word philosopher conjure? Maybe Socrates, bearded and barefoot, counseling Plato on the agora; Rousseau on one of his solitary walks around the outskirts of Paris; Sartre sucking ...