In 399 BCE, Athens put one of its greatest thinkers, Socrates, on trial. The charges? Corrupting the youth and disrespecting the gods. The punishment? Death by drinking poison. But what if Socrates’ ...

The toolkit dismisses the study of classical Greek thinkers Aristotle, Plato and Socrates as 'armchair theorising'. It is the first official guidance produced by SOAS academics aimed at ...

Plato, who died around 347BC, is arguably the greatest of all the Greek philosophers. With his mentor Socrates, and student Aristotle, he laid down the foundations of Western philosopher and science.

He was found by Socrates buying his weapons ... He was no fool, and gradually embarked on the contemplative path." What Plato ...

Also, since Nicomachean Ethics was the culmination of Aristotle’s ideas, it combined his own views with responses to the works of his predecessors — such as Socrates and Plato — and their ...