Sparks Commentary

People have been curious about the natural world for as long as human beings have existed. The scientific impulse began very early in our hi...

The medieval period is often seen as “backwards” today – and to some extent, this really is true. But this era also had some great science, ...

“It is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature: and that however wide any of them may seem to run f...

The difficulties of learning about Greek and Roman art from textbooks For many years now, I’ve been interested in Ancient Greece and Rome . ...

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato .” – Alfr...

“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war . The Government will not assail you...

“It is indeed the opinion of Protagoras, who has another way of expressing it. Man, he says, is the measure of all things , of the existence...