Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the ...

In the Age of Enlightenment, great philosophers would sit and ponder reality at classical French cafés. The likes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire and Denis Diderot would debate and discuss all ...

Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126. Voltaire, the French philosopher, was writing at ...

Paris has been called the "City of Lights" for centuries, but the story behind the nickname is brighter than you might think.

Edgar Laloum and Radjaa Aboudagga have just opened Sababa in Paris, offering bicultural culinary specialties. The two ...

This is an illustration from the preface of *Principles of Newtonian Philosophy*, co-authored in 1738 by French philosopher ...

The virus is found only in humans, not animals, and it doesn’t need much help to make trouble. A microscopic particle is enough to make you sick. Once ingested, it multiplies rapidly and exits just as ...

Miracles by definition defy science. But a new research effort attempts to understand what our experiences with them do to ...

‘What is he talking about?’ Marine Baudrillard would sigh whenever she read her husband’s work. Anyone who has studied for an arts or a social-science degree over the past few decades will know what ...

Harvard professor Michael Sandel offers us his thoughts on how we might rebuild the fabric of our communities and renew our civic life.

A feature film chronicling the life of Bertrand Russell is moving forward, marking the first theatrical biopic about the British philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 for his ...

PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu unveiled his next government on Sunday night just two days after being reappointed. The new Cabinet consists of both civil servants and politicians, ...