Considered to be the founding father of Western philosophy, Socrates examined all aspects of life in ancient Athens—to his own detriment. Socrates was put to death in 399 B.C. for showing irreverence ...

The classical Greek philosopher Socrates is a fixture of literature and culture, but his legacy is complicated by the fact that what we know of him hasn't come to us directly from him, but from a ...

University of Oxford provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Where did Socrates, the foundational figure of Western philosophy, get the inspiration for his original ideas about truth, ...

We know D.C. Get our free newsletter to stay in the know. They say: “A Greek chorus of four women sings and dances through the life of Socrates: his lovers (male and female), his family life, the ...

Véliz is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, the author of Privacy Is Power, and the editor of the Oxford Handbook ...