Baruch Spinoza, born Bento de Spinoza in 1632 in Amsterdam, is one of the most radical philosophers in the West. He was a Dutch philosopher of Portugu.

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Thanks to school textbooks, Müteferrika is proudly remembered as the first Muslim printer. Yet this groundbreaking achievement was only one part of a far richer intellectual legacy that deserves ...

Explore the American Revolution: from 'no taxation without representation' and the Boston Tea Party to the historic 1783 Treaty of Paris.

President Trump initially left all options, presumably including military options, open to secure U.S. interests in Greenland ...

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The Heretics Club, a lunch discussion series hosted by the Office of Chaplains’ Interfaith Community, hosted its first event of the semester on Thursday, Feb. 5. Colgate University students, faculty ...

The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.

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A few years ago I drew up a will leaving everything to University College London (UCL). I am not myself an alumnus of UCL, but had no desire to leave anything to my Oxford and Cambridge colleges, ...

During the first few months of America’s war for independence, the British redcoats occupying the rebellious city of Boston won one major battle (for Bunker Hill and nearby Breed’s Hill, ...

Try this quiz on the documents, writers and events that led to the American Revolution and the foundation of the country.