Plato then fled. When Dionysius invited him again in 363, professing new interest in philosophy, Plato stalled for two years before agreeing to come.

In 2024, researchers revealed they had found new details of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s burial site. It was a ...

He warns that the man and his philosophy have “fused” in both the popular and the academic imagination. “An ethereal figure has taken shape, a platonic Plato,” he writes.

Plato's Conception of Philosophy Dr. H. Gauss By. Pp. xxii + 272. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 6s. net. THE author of this ably written book is right in considering philosophy less as ...

Since Donald J. Trump first came onto the political scene, I have thought a lot about the philosopher-kings of Plato’s Republic.In a climate of norm-breaking politicians, increasing polarization ...

It is sometimes said that the injustice surrounding the execution of Plato’s mentor, Socrates, led Plato to reject public life and pursue philosophy. We know that Plato and some of his relatives ...

Since Plato wrote in dialogues, the first form seems apt. Goldstein transports our philosopher from ancient Greece to wherever today's intellectuals — if not pseudo-intellectuals — are found.

Plato (5th–4th century BC), one of the most important philosophers of Greek antiquity, left a valuable spiritual heritage, compiled in his famous dialogues. His teachings extend to almost every ...