Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

Quote of the day by Plato reflects on public duty and silence in civic life. The quote links public neglect with poor ...

Iqbal thought that a human being’s creative spirit was weakened by turning their attention away from the realities of life ...

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 student of great philosopher Socrates, founded the Academy in Athens and wrote philosophical dialogues. His work ...

Think you know it all? Plato's cave and new psychology research reveal why true self-awareness starts with admitting what you don’t know.

One of my less than admirable traits is to attempt to categorize and organize everything into its simplest terms. All too often, simple devolves to simplistic as I keep trying to pound an unwilling ...

Since Donald J. Trump first came onto the political scene, I have thought a lot about the philosopher-kings of Plato’s Republic. In a climate of norm-breaking politicians, increasing polarization and ...