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.

Without doubt, parent-less Plato met Socrates at an impressionable age. The execution of the man who taught Plato philosophy also served as a life-long example of the need to be circumspect, to avoid ...

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

That hot new neoconservative philosopher named Plato The author of a new book about Plato's "Republic" explains how ancient Greek philosophy became dangerous in the hands of the Bush administration.

The image of Plato thundering into battle on horseback is not an easy one to come to grips with, but it is worth remembering “Plato” was a nickname, meaning “broad” or “wide” – a ...

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 ...

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

R enowned Greek philosopher Plato’s final resting place was possibly revealed after researchers deciphered an ancient scroll that survived Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, which decimated Pompeii ...

As Plato’s mouthpiece, the character of Socrates, explains in the text, “unless philosophers become kings in the cities, or unless those now termed kings and rulers truly and fully practice ...