Cogito, ergo sum, as the phrase goes in Latin, cemented the way the Western world would continue to define the self for the next 400 years—as a thinking mind, first and foremost. The experiment used a ...

Imagination evolved to aid human survival, but its excessive use can worsen modern distress. Learn how to harness it with awareness, therapy, and creativity for a balanced mind.

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Albert Einstein’s statements on philosophy and religion were often memorably resonant. What the great physicist really ...