The Republic of Plato presents a thought experiment about a perfectly just man who faces a brutal fate that mirrors Jesus ...

Plato argues that indifference towards ‘public affairs’ comes at a cost, you give up your say in how you are governed. Plato ...

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.

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 ...

When I was 21, I was trying to decide whether to become a doctor or a philosophy professor. My older brother, whose advice I usually followed, asked me why I wanted to study philosophy. I was evasive.