Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...

I’ve always harbored the ambition to be the very first to do something or other. And though minor, here it is at long last: Finding an opportunity to use “Plato” and “Yogi Berra” in the same sentence.

The European Space Agency’s Science Programme Committee has approved the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission to move into the construction phase. They aim to launch this ...

Plato reveals how imitation in art and media can imprison the modern soul in shadows far removed from the truth.

The notion that philosophy begins in wonder is as old as Socrates. In his dialogue “Theaetetus,” Plato quotes him as saying that “the sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher” and that in fact, ...

An ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period, Plato is considered a fundamental piece of the Western philosophy puzzle. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, Plato's thinking ...