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Reproduction is a process fundamental to every known species, so it is no surprise that human beings, perhaps the most self-reflective of all species, spend so much time thinking about the implications of creating life anew.

As the individual perhaps most widely respected by the generation that founded the United States, Benjamin Franklin can fairly be described as the "Founding Godfather" of America.

Typically, advice on investing comes in the form of tips regarding a particular stock or portfolio, but the stock market-like everything in the global community-is profoundly affected by large-scale events.

The foundations of Western Philosophy rest squarely on the shoulders of Plato and Aristotle, teacher and pupil...

The evolution of philosophical thought is fascinating because it demonstrates not only how our conceptions of ourselves and the universe we inhabit have changed over the course of time...

The study of the past is supposed to help us make sense of our place in history and inform the choices we make every day. But what if the lessons we were taught in American History class were not true?

The publication of the Origin of Species in 1859 sent shockwaves through Victorian society. Few scientific breakthroughs have so powerfully changed the way we look at our world and ourselves as Darwin's theory of evolution.

Even at a remove of several millennia, it is impossible to overestimate the considerable influence of three ancient civilizations...

The Modern Scholar series offers you college-level courses taught by the world's most respected professors....

The Bible is undoubtedly the most influential work of literature in Western culture.

Professor Deborah Tannen's groundbreaking research into the fundamental differences between the ways in which the sexes communicate using language forms the basis for this fascinating series of lectures.

For countless generations, people of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths have considered the city of Jerusalem the holiest of places.

From the "Spring" of Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, our appreciation of musical masterpieces can be deeply enhanced by an understanding of what makes them great.

The formal creation of the United States involved the explicit guarantee of individual and market freedoms, both of which are at the core of American economic philosophy.

The epic is one of the foundations of Western literature. In this lively and engrossing course, Professor Timothy B. Shutt takes us on a tour of some of the greatest examples of the form.

Music is experienced temporally as well as aurally, passing before our ears in an instant yet creating a cumulative emotional dynamic that amounts to far more than the sum of its parts.

The covenant that God made with the patriarch Abraham forms the basis of the three religions that today enjoy the largest followings in the world: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Perhaps the most politically explosive time in American history occurred during the nation's founding...

While the U.S. Constitution is the framework for governing the nation, the Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of how this framework is implemented.

Between January and July 1919 delegates from all over the world converged on Paris to forge a lasting peace in the wake of World War I.

Teddy Roosevelt remarked that no president could achieve greatness save through war, but Woodrow Wilson noted that a president is as big a man as he chooses to be.

The influence of ancient Roman civilization on Western culture is difficult to overestimate...

Since the beginning of recorded history, and likely for much longer than that, humankind has gazed to the heavens for clues to the most fundamental mysteries about our place in the universe.

The act of distinguishing between right and wrong, and to act accordingly—that is, the pursuit of a thoughtful life...