IT would have been a real treat for philosophers to have a genuine study of Plato's “Theory of Knowledge” by Prof. Cornford. As it stands, however, the title of the book is misleading as it ...

Socrates affirms that the Theory of Forms is the most plausible ... beautiful practices and customs and the various branches of knowledge also share in a common beauty. Finally, on the highest ...

Philosophy, the pursuit of wisdom, is anchored by two profound inquiries: epistemology, the study of knowledge, and ontology, the study of being .

Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty ...