The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...

Sistine Chapel, Vatican. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Michelangelo/Public Domain Plato concluded the ten books of the Republic with the myth of Er, which greatly influenced the Western mind ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

Plato’s cave allegory is a metaphor that examines human perception, knowledge, and enlightenment within his book The Republic. It depicts prisoners in a dark cave who have been there since birth.