In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Plato provides a timeless insight into how we are often "prisoners" of our mind, in that we are born into a world of "shadows", which we confuse with reality. Wisdom ...

The dichotomy between reality and appearance, and the devaluation of appearance, is rooted in pre-Socratic philosophy. Just as Plato leant upon Heraclitus’ flux for his conception of the sensible ...

That there might be a link between love and knowledge is not an idea that many philosophers think about today. But for Plato, the link is deep. In several dialogues, he implies that if you stir up the ...

The statement "Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind" is often attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Whether or not these were his exact words, ...