In 399 BC, Socrates stood before a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, accused of undermining the state religion and introducing ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists ...

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Dog owners have been warned to avoid some beaches in north Cornwall following reports of hemlock water dropwort roots and reports of pets becoming "very unwell". Reports of dogs dying from ingestion ...

Antisthenes, Cynic philosopher and tutor of Diogenes, championed simplicity, virtue, and freedom, influencing Stoic thought.

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and ... period is famous for Athenian democracy, Socrates and Plato, and the Hellenistic period saw Greek ...

Cultivating an understanding of a range of central philosophical debates, as well as of the history of philosophy (ancient, modern and contemporary), all major areas of philosophy are available for ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...

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Plato, a name synonymous with classical Greek philosophy, wrote The Republic around 375 BC ... In The Republic, Plato’s criticisms are voiced by Socrates, his mentor and a central figure in the ...