Ancient Greek philosopher Plato's wisdom resonates today. His famous quote highlights that forced learning does not truly ...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped ...
Claiming Plato founded the first university misses the mark. The Greeks were latecomers.
For centuries, a set of ancient papyrus scrolls discovered at Herculaneum has puzzled archaeologists. Damaged by the famed eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the scrolls had remained inscrutable — ...
Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed, ...
Welcome to the ancient agora, the original social media of the ancient Greeks, where people could argue about... everything!
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 ...
Efforts to censor Plato over his treatment of gender have a long history. Some of my friends are amazed that censorship seems ...