Plato's own pupil, Aristotle, was born in 384 BC and began as an ardent supporter of his teacher. However, gradually he modified his teacher's views and turned away from the world of ideas back to ...

The Greek philosopher was the godfather of Stoicism and the original self-help guru. Here’s how you can apply his methods to ...

Socrates is the most important exponent of Western philosophy, his ideas forming a continuum from Ancient Greece to today's ...

The toolkit dismisses the study of classical Greek thinkers Aristotle, Plato and Socrates as 'armchair theorising'. It is the first official guidance produced by SOAS academics aimed at ...

Famous philosophers like Socrates, Karl Marx, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ayn Rand have challenged the way we consider the world and ...

To scholars of ancient philosophy, theoria denotes abstract thinking, with both Plato and Aristotle employing the term to signify philosophical contemplation. Yet it is surprising for some to find an ...

The Genesis of the Forms Plato’s authorship spanned some fifty years, from the death of Socrates in 399 BCE to his own death in c. 348. He is traditionally ascribed with 35 dialogues ...

In the Gorgias, Socrates claims to practice the true art of politics ... He has published numerous articles on ancient Greek philosophy, specifically on Aristotle and Plato; critical theory; twentieth ...

the “Protagoras”, the “Phraedrus”, “The Georgias”, and the “Apology of Socrates”. They appeared originally in the Monthly Repository of 1834–35, and have been almost neglected ...