Todays Quote of the Day by Plato highlights the responsibility that capable individuals carry in society. In his famous work ...

Plato’s philosophy shaped the early theology of Christianity and influenced the doctrine of the Holy Trinity at Nicaea.

Sometimes, even the newest ideas have ancient roots. Take, for example, neoconservatism, the radical philosophy that supposedly guided the Bush administration’s ill-fated foreign policy decisions. Who ...

Plato, a pivotal 4th-century BCE Athenian philosopher, profoundly influenced Western thought. His teachings on justice, ...

Professor of Philosophy Martin Peterson, Ph.D., gave an independent lecture on Plato’s “Symposium” and addressed concepts of ...

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 ...

Plato takes on Bill O’Reilly! The great philosopher, dead for 2,400 years, argues with Amy Chua! And Daniel Dennett! And Google! This is philosopher-novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s hook in her ...

Diogenes of Sinope, a beggar who lived on the streets of Athens in the fourth century B.C.E., has been hailed as the progenitor of performance art, an inspiration for the Occupy movement, and, by the ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

“Every generation could use a Plato,” said Clancy Martin in The Atlantic. If you doubt it, pick up Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s “ingenious, entertaining, and challenging new book.” In an attempt to ...