Plato and Socrates would have quite a few questions for Texas lawmakers.

The Greek philosopher's writing explores themes of sexuality and gender, making it susceptible to the university's new rules ...

Born in 427 BC, Plato fled Athens in 399 BC after Socrates was executed, blaming democracy and the Peloponnesian War for his teacher's death. An aristocrat and an elitist, much of what we know about ...

Even in ancient Greece, people worried about philosophy’s subversive effect on tender minds.

Efforts to censor Plato over his treatment of gender have a long history. Some of my friends are amazed that censorship seems ...

Plato, a pivotal ancient Greek thinker, profoundly shaped Western philosophy. A student of Socrates, Plato established the ...

In Plato’s cave, humans watch silhouettes flicker on the wall, unaware that fires just behind them are distorting reality into a shadow world – not unlike the world we find ourselves in today, aided ...

Q. Why did ancient Greeks like Plato and Socrates have only one name? A. You can search the history books forever and never find a single allusion to little Billy Socrates or his precocious playground ...

This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the Loeb Classical Library, one of the most remarkable publishing projects in modern history. Yet as with everything book-related in the year 2011, the ...