Good overview of the life and philosophy of Descartes. Notes his impressive achievements in geometry, physiology, and natural science in addition to his important works in philosophical method and metaphysics. Credits Descartes as the...

It's been a long road to the discovery that Earth is not the center of the Solar System, the Milky Way, or the universe; great thinkers from Aristotle to Bruno have grappled with it for millennia. But if we aren't at the center of the...

What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to define comedy is its very appeal; it is defined by its defiance of definition. Addison Anderson riffs on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and Aristotle to elucidate how a definition draws...

This article is a discussion of the Greek-Hellenistic philosophy within the Islamic world. Early Islamic philosophers shunned the influence of Greek philosophy; however, over time that view began to change. Certain philosophers hailed...

Presents the views of Aquinas on the relationship of philosophy and theology, and on the possibility of a "Christian philosophy." Aquinas' own enthusiasm for Aristotle is addressed as an important case study.

A somewhat labored but thorough explanation of general relativity, beginning with Aristotle. Many links to the personalities connected to the article.

How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that question over two thousand years ago with a treatise on rhetoric. Camille A. Langston describes the fundamentals of deliberative rhetoric and...

Excellent, clearly written introduction to "virtue theories" of morality. Reviews the archetypical theories of Aristotle and Aquinas before turning to contemporary versions. Presents one possible philosophical critique of virtue theory...

Utilize these excellent resources when introducing the concepts of Western Philosophy and/or analyzing changing philosophies over time.

Yale University gives the complete Athenian Constitution in seven parts. You can access any of the seven parts.

Much like a great deal of western culture, modern medicine also finds its roots in ancient Greek civilization. Travel to the time of the Olympians and ancient healers to discover just how much we have learned and gained from those who...

Describes the contributions of scientists over hundreds of years leading to our current understanding of the eye and vision.

Read about the life of the Greek philosopher Plato, the philosophy he developed, and his legacy.

This expansive self-guided unit hits on many objectives such as analyzing literature for author's purpose, figuring out the main idea/theme, understanding historical criticism, comparing and contrasting works from major historical...

In this lesson, you will learn to analyze persuasive speeches, those that are intended to sway the audience to agree with the speaker. You will examine the impact of rhetorical structure and the use of devices in famous speeches.

Create a moon box to model the phases of our moon.

This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.

This University of California Berkeley site provides a detailed overview of echinoids, including a focus on how well they fossilize.

A detailed slideshow for Grade 8 students that looks at the history of our understanding of atoms. Looks at the ideas presented by Democritus, John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and Niels Bohr, and the modern-day wave model. A...

Looks at the history of Greek astronomy from the 4th century BC on, and the major figures who contributed ideas. Includes a timeline of Greek science.

Looks at the history of Greek science from the 7th century on, and the major figures who contributed ideas. Includes a timeline of Greek science.

An article explaining how the Greeks were able to use their science and mathematics to predict where astronomical objects such as the Planets could be found in the nighttime sky even though their underlying premise was that the earth did...

A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...

Great introduction to Aquinas' life and thought. Describes his entering the Dominican order and discovering the writings of Aristotle. Outlines his theological system and recounts his endorsement by Rome in later centuries. Links are...