The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to ...

In 2024, researchers revealed they had found new details of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s burial site. It was a ...

The thinker behind the ‘Republic’ and other works of philosophy also played political adviser to a series of rulers in Sicily ...

‘Plato and the Tyrant’ humanizes the famous philosopher. James Romm’s book is an intellectual thriller, showing how the ancient Greek thinker came to write “The Republic,” his ...

Some modern scholars believe these to be forgeries written later in antiquity, designed to give the otherwise shadowy figure ...

Even in ancient Greece, Plato questioned whether gender norms around masculinity were good for men’s individual freedom ...