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”. Not only was the ...

Italian researchers have uncovered new details about the life and final moments of the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. Utilizing artificial intelligence alongside optical coherence tomography ...

Matthew Duncombe has recieved funding from the British Academy, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the EU Erasmus+ Staff Mobility scheme and the Spanish Ministry ...

Antisthenes, Cynic philosopher and tutor of Diogenes, championed simplicity, virtue, and freedom, influencing Stoic thought.

And could it hold the key to understanding why, across the West, confidence in democracy is declining? The arguments Plato makes against democracy in The Republic are spoken by the philosopher ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Greece by Professor Edith ... theatre and the arts to politics, moral philosophy and zoology. After studying under Plato at his academy, Aristotle became a teacher ...

Who would you invite to your ideal dinner party? Plato answered that question centuries ago with his sublime Symposium, a ...