Plato, a renowned ancient Greek philosopher, shaped intellectual history. He was a student of Socrates and the teacher of ...

Last month, the implementation of a hotly contested new policy at Texas A&M made waves in the news and on social media.

Claiming Plato founded the first university misses the mark. The Greeks were latecomers.

Socrates’ method was to clear his students’ minds of abstractions and assumptions, so that they might attain self-knowledge and learn the practical wisdom of living well. His pupil Plato, however, ...

Plato was a Greek philosopher who came up with a lot of interesting ways to view the world. Many people have different ways of viewing the world, and that is wonderful for keeping the world anything ...

Plato, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, continues to influence how we think about truth, justice, love, and the human soul. His thoughts, written more than 2,000 years ago, still ...

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 ...