James Romm’s book is an intellectual thriller, showing how the ancient Greek thinker came to write “The Republic,” his masterpiece of political theory.

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 ...

Without doubt, parent-less Plato met Socrates at an impressionable age. The execution of the man who taught Plato philosophy also served as a life-long example of the need to be circumspect, to avoid ...

Perhaps I am being unfair by measuring Messrs. Biden and Trump against Plato’s philosopher kings. Even Plato realized that he was creating an alternate reality to what Athenian democracy had become.

Plato and the shaping of philosophy. Born in 428/7 in Athens, Plato, his teacher, and his student became known for being the three who laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture, ...

Plato even went so far as to call this persona the philosopher king. Socrates knew nothing. In Western philosophy, Socrates is often held up as the paragon of wisdom.

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato prohibited craftsmen from “setting a greater price” than the actual value of a good, condemning them for trying to “take artful advantage of laymen.” ...

Banksy's new mural in Marseille is not the first image he has connected to the history of ideas. A Banksy expert reveals the philosophy behind these popular artworks.