In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: The Roman poet Horace’s Latin line tells the reader that it is sweet and noble to die for one’s country. Nowadays, however, there could be a less onerous ...

It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” —Horace, ancient Roman poet “Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater ...