It was claimed Immanuel Kant’s routine was so predictable his neighbours could set their clocks by his daily walk. Born in 1724 in the Prussian town of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Kant had a ...

The scientist in the remarkable painting “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” (1768)—which is now the focus of an exhibition, “Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby,” ...

"When we become a Buddha our happiness radiates eternally as compassion, nourishing all living beings and gradually drawing them into the same state. We feel personally empowered to become the person ...

The Enlightenment rejected superstition and ­religiously inspired fear in favour of a rationalistic and optimistic view of the world in which individuals were basically reasonable and personal ...