In Crito and Phaedo, Plato takes this alliance between Socrates and poetry further, attributing to Socrates direct acts of poetic composition in plays, hymns, and fables, conferring on him the title ...

Plato believed he could transform a tyrant like Dionysius into a philosopher-king. Credit: Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-S.A 4.0. During his first journey to Sicily, Plato engaged in a philosophical ...

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Plato Contostavlos, the father of N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos and keyboard player in the 70s blues band Mungo Jerry, has died. The 36-year-old singer announced the news in a post shared to ...

Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his ...

Joe Shouvlin spent 20 years working as a financial planner until he decided to do something on his own— open a Plato's Closet location in Norwalk. Inspired by his teenage daughters and wife who like ...

Greek philosopher Ammonius Saccas revived the philosophy of Plato. Image: The School of Athens. Credit: Slices of Light. CC BY 2.0/flickr Ammonius Saccas, a Greek philosopher from the 3rd century CE, ...

Plato was a fighter. This is not a metaphor. The historian Diogenes Laërtius tells us that Platon, meaning "broad-shouldered," was the philosopher’s wrestling nickname. As a prominent aristocrat, ...

Dana Michelle Plato was born in Maywood, California, on Saturday, November 7, 1964. Dana made an impact on the TV screen when she landed the role of Kimberly Drummond in the TV hit sitcom Diff'rent ...