Iqbal thought that a human being’s creative spirit was weakened by turning their attention away from the realities of life ...

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 ...

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

One of my less than admirable traits is to attempt to categorize and organize everything into its simplest terms. All too often, simple devolves to simplistic as I keep trying to pound an unwilling ...

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 and ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Think you know it all? Plato's cave and new psychology research reveal why true self-awareness starts with admitting what you don’t know.

Plato was a Greek philosopher who came up with a lot of interesting ways to view the world. Many people have different ways of viewing the world, and that is wonderful for keeping the world anything ...