In Plato’s "healthy city," simple, seasonal foods promote steady minds and politics, offering an early case for the ...
Plato and the allegory of the Ring of Gyges may have had a surprising influence on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Plato never wrote "The Republic." Ancient editors added a subtitle clarifying the work's true focus: individual psychology ...
Plato's life details revealed through advancements. Contradictory findings on his final moments. Insights on slavery experiences. Greek Schools project uncovers historical knowledge. Music displeasure ...
Ross Reynolds talks to philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about her book, “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away." She writes about what would happen if the Greek ...
In Plato’s cave, humans watch silhouettes flicker on the wall, unaware that fires just behind them are distorting reality into a shadow world – not unlike the world we find ourselves in today, aided ...
Socrates or Plato may not have used Twitter or TikTok, but as Nathan Dufour Oglesby writes, they would have had things to say about how to navigate social media more wisely. When I'm on my social ...