Explore the foundational ideas of ancient Greek philosophy, from the naturalistic inquiries of the Pre-Socratics to the ...

The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to ...

I watched the lecture presentation, “Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle” (The Great Courses) by Professor Robert C Bartlett. When Professor Bartlett was discussing Aristotle, I r ...

Detail from the Chigi vase. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain While discussing philosophy in the public square, Socrates would also have been training as a hoplite, a heavily armed foot ...

A prominent writer and opinion-maker told the following anecdote in a recent talk. He had ordered some take-out food, and the man delivering it saw books by Plato and Aristotle on his shelves and ...