Marble statues of the Greek philosophers Socrates, right, and Plato sit in front of the Athens Academy. Socrates tried and failed to teach Alcibiades, a controversial political and military leader ...

The Socratic Method, named after the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, offers a transformative approach to conversation and ...

Unless you were a classics major in college, your main exposure to the Greek philosopher Socrates may have been the Socratic Method, a technique that uses probing questions to eventually lead to the ...

Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy; Christopher Phillips; W.W. Norton: 320 pp., $23.95 ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Know thyself is the most famous maxim of Greek philosophy, carved into stone on the Temple ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates didn’t leave any writings, but his thoughts left an eternal echo. We know from his students, one of which is Plato, that Socrates challenged and provoked ...

The Greek Philosopher Socrates once told a story about the Egyptian God Theuth and the king Ammon. Theuth had invented the technology of writing and explained to the king how his new invention ...

She wrongly attributed the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates on Twitter. Ivanka Trump addresses the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons annual meeting at the White ...

The famous Greek philosopher Socrates died on February 15, 399 BC. He died by drinking hemlock, after being found guilty by jury of 500 citizens. Historian John Schmidt recalls why the jury found ...

— -- While Greek thinkers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are known as some of Western civilization's greatest philosophers, and not necessarily economists, their work may have some nuggets of ...