The Personality Divide: Are You More Like Plato or Aristotle?

Did you know? Your answers to such simple questions as "Dog or cat?" can determine your philosophical leanings. Here, author Arthur Herman of The Cave and the Light serves up 10 questions that will help you choose what side of the Plato-Aristotle divide you fall on. (READ MORE)

Lessons Learned Month

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