It’s true that the word “virtue,” with connotations of self-sacrifice and Victorian morality, can be rather off-putting. Yet, for many ancient Greeks and Romans—Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics ...

One thing can make even a tax-loving migrant from a broken kleptocracy look at his payslip and start muttering libertarian ...

Oscar Wilde's timeless quote highlights how many people adopt others' thoughts and lives. The article explores Wilde's life, ...

In Victorian England, a woman's hair was a living resume, signalling her class, morality, marital status, and wealth, all ...

Botswana’s government has repealed a provision of its colonial-era penal code that criminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations. The country’s High Court in 2019 struck down the provision. The ...

The argument for individual conscience: Only a deep internal exploration can distinguish between right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral, virtue and sin, honor and disgrace, etc.

THE GIRL WITH THE SWANSDOWN SEAT (263 pp.)—Cyril Pearl—Bobbs-Merrill ($3.95). It seems that more things went on behind Queen Victoria’s billowing black bombazine skirts than her spiritual grandsons ...

Quote of the day: The tradition of sharing a Quote of the day often brings timeless ideas from history’s most influential thinkers into modern conversations. Many such quotes endure because they ...

Ken Follett's Next Epic Heads to Victorian Britain, Where Strict Morals Meet Secret Passions NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Follett's next historical epic is a story of forbidden romance set during a time of ...

A new talk at Arnos Vale Cemetery will shine a light on one of Victorian Britain’s most macabre phenomena: spontaneous human combustion. Imagine going for a night out with your friends for a few pints ...

The current treatment of the SRS carries uncomfortable echoes. Governments continue to invoke the standard, but the new Victorian agreement does not advance towards it. Instead, it locks in ...