Todays Quote of the Day by Plato highlights the responsibility that capable individuals carry in society. In his famous work ...

The Greek philosopher Plato proposed gender equality, arguing women could participate in political and military life in his Republic.

Sometimes, even the newest ideas have ancient roots. Take, for example, neoconservatism, the radical philosophy that supposedly guided the Bush administration’s ill-fated foreign policy decisions. Who ...

Plato, a pivotal 4th-century BCE Athenian philosopher, profoundly influenced Western thought. His teachings on justice, ...

How can you teach a philosophy class without mentioning Plato? Texas A&M University professor Martin Peterson is trying to figure that out. Plato was a father of Western philosophy, famously a student ...

Rebecca Goldstein has written a timely book about our own age by taking us back to an earlier age—that of the ancient Greeks. She wants to know what the works of Plato can teach us about the life ...