The great ancient Greek philosopher Plato (died 348/347 B.C.), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle (who, incidentally, later become the private tutor to a young prince eventually known as ...

On March 25 at 9 a.m. in Princeton, 21 people began to gather virtually from five time zones to embark on a graduate half-seminar under my direction on Plato’s "Statesman." It was one of the first ...

One afternoon last year, I returned home from a “great books” seminar that I taught to Palestinian students at Bard College’s liberal-arts program at Al Quds University in Jerusalem. I mentioned to a ...

In Plato’s "healthy city," simple, seasonal foods promote steady minds and politics, offering an early case for the ...

We suggest that Book Five of the "Republic," where Plato discusses the status of women in the guardian class, is a superb source of Platonic insight. For it is precisely the discussion of women that ...