Few philosophers have had the impact of Plato. Born in ancient Greece, this student of Socrates grew to be one of the foundational figures of Western philosophical thought. However, unlike many of the ...

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”.

The motion of work in ancient Greece had a clear distinction between working for one’s self and working for someone else.

When considering ancient Greek innovations, we often think of philosophy, mathematics, and architecture—not bakeries or ovens, right?

According to Plato, love’s aim is not to complete us, but to inspire us to grow and become the best human being we can be.

His pupil Plato, however, found that practical knowledge led to the abstractions of metaphysics and political theory. Carol Atack’s “Plato: A Civic Life” traces Plato’s philosophy back to ...

Plato’s account of his symposium is probably ... The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle branch ...

Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, reasoned most people chase illusions of happiness.

Researchers are testing whether LLMs can use methods borrowed from ancient philosophy to answer complex questions ...

And in the United Kingdom, the current Labour government has committed to extending the right to vote to 16-year-olds. So what was Plato’s argument? And could it hold the key to understanding why, ...