Discover the timeless wisdom of Plato with these powerful life-changing Stoicism quotes in our latest episode of WisdomTalks!

In my roughly 10 years of philosophical education — four in college, one in a master’s program and five as a PhD candidate — it never occurred to me that Plato was a person. Of course, I read and ...

Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

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 takes on Bill O’Reilly! The great philosopher, dead for 2,400 years, argues with Amy Chua! And Daniel Dennett! And Google! This is philosopher-novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s hook in her ...

Researchers claimed they cracked “The Plato Code”, the long disputed secret messages hidden in some of Ancient World’s most influential and celebrated writings. Dr Jay Kennedy, an historian and ...

For the past few weeks, the ancient Greek philosopher Plato has been tweeting. His ghostwriter—the author, philosopher and professor Rebecca Newberger Goldstein—has brought him back to life on social ...