Sophists in ancient Greece were professional educators and intellectuals. Their teachings emphasized public speaking and ...

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 ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...

The ancient Greeks left a wealth of knowledge through their surviving writings on a wide variety of themes, including science, logic, philosophy, literature, and the arts. In addition, the city-state ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

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 — ...

Plato of Athens (429-347BC) may be one of the most famous philosophers of all times. He was the thinker who came up with the “theory of forms” and founded the first academic institution. Yet we know ...

Plato's life details revealed through advancements. Contradictory findings on his final moments. Insights on slavery experiences. Greek Schools project uncovers historical knowledge. Music displeasure ...

In my new book How Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life, I write that we've turned into a self-absorbed rather than a self-reflective society; a narcissistic "Me Generation" on steroids that's ...

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 ...