Artists are dangerous people. Do you doubt it? Plato was the first one, in the western world, to make clear exactly how dangerous they are. Their danger even had an impact on his political theory; ...

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...

Plato reveals how imitation in art and media can imprison the modern soul in shadows far removed from the truth.

"In these last few days, I have taken to writing poetry, which I have rather scorned in my old age. Yesterday, Leodamas paid me a visit to discuss a certain geometrical theorem, and seemed so taken ...

Wednesday is April Fool’s Day, but the subject of a talk at 7 p.m. at The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, while outrageous, is no hoax. Author Paul Fischer will give a free ...