The dialogues of Plato's The Republic are regarded as the first great texts on political and moral theory. Philosopher Simon Blackburn has written... Plato's 'Republic' Still Influential, Author Says ...

It’s no coincidence that “On Politics,” Alan Ryan’s monumental two-volume history of Western political thought, has been published just ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election. At the heart of the ...

As atheists debate the merits of philosophy, 'Plato at the Googleplex' author Rebecca Goldstein tells RNS that philosophy isn’t in competition with science and explains why atheists shouldn’t dismiss ...

His nationwide book tour will stop at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the UI campus where it all began. Anyone interested in the PLATO story or those who remember using it or working with it in some aspect can ...

A new book claims the Bible has roots in the Greek philosopher Plato’s thinking. The book, according to a report published Wednesday by Religion News Service, argues that the pagan philosopher laid ...

The time is 360 BC, the dawn of Western civilization. Athens, the cradle of democracy, is the epicenter of the ancient world. In his dialogues of Timaeus and Critias, Plato introduces a tale of an ...

If you’ve ever wondered what that venerable font of ancient wisdom, Plato, might have thought about the moral and ethical conundrums we find ourselves in today, you’re not the only one. Renowned ...

If you’ve ever wondered what that venerable font of ancient wisdom, Plato, might have thought about the moral and ethical conundrums we find ourselves in today, you’re not the only one. Renowned ...

In terms of philosophical bombshells, it can’t compare with Nietzsche’s declaration that “God is dead.” But the Great Books Foundation, the literary institution founded in 1947 by the leading ...