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

He warns that the man and his philosophy have “fused” in both the popular and the academic imagination. “An ethereal figure has taken shape, a platonic Plato,” he writes.

Plato, the Philosopher Poised Between Oligarchy and Philosophy. Plato’s well known skepticism of democracy seems the result of his fear of what happens when you put things to a vote. That’s how ...

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

Renowned Greek philosopher Plato’s final resting place was possibly revealed after researchers deciphered an ancient scroll that survived Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, which decimated Pompeii ...

Plato, who died at the age of 80 or 81 in around 348BC, ... Ancient scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius claims the Greek philosopher spent his last night listening to music ...

Renowned Greek philosopher Plato’s final resting place was possibly revealed after researchers deciphered an ancient scroll that survived Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, which decimated Pompeii ...

‘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 ...