Plato never mentioned any of this in his own writings, but then he rarely wrote about himself at all. The modern biographer must piece together clues from his works of philosophy, snippets of ...

University of Manchester science historian Dr Jay Kennedy, who hit the headlines last year after revealing he had cracked the code in the great thinker’s writings, has now published a decoder’s manual ...

The Greek philosopher Plato (about 428–347 BC) has had a profound influence on Western culture. His writings, most composed in the form of dialogues led by his teacher Socrates, address fundamental ...

In Plato's Republic, Socrates, Plato's teacher and a main character in his writings, specifically says summoners are perceptions that appear to be contradictory and thus provoke thought. Summoners ...

It is the first time the complete writings of Plato have been translated from ancient Greek into English by one scholar since 1871 when Oxford scholar Benjamin Jowett produced his now standard ...

The professor said that Plato welcoming his visitor, referred to in the writings as the 'Chaldean guest', showed that the great philosopher 'exercised his duties', adding that 'hospitality was ...

A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked “The Plato Code” – the long disputed secret messages hidden in the great philosopher’s writings. Plato was the Einstein of Greece’s ...

One of the scrolls carbonized by the eruption includes the writings of Philodemus of Gadara ... of the Academy," details the academy that Plato founded in the fourth century B.C. and gives ...

Miller is joined by Megan Marshall of Emerson College to discuss the writings of Margaret Fuller. John J. Miller is joined by Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago to discuss Plato’s ...