Plato made three doomed trips trying to reform a tyrant. His ancient mistake mirrors a modern trap: believing we can change ...
On March 25 at 9 a.m. in Princeton, 21 people began to gather virtually from five time zones to embark on a graduate half-seminar under my direction on Plato’s "Statesman." It was one of the first ...
An uplifting documentary about an Irish teacher who uses Plato’s teachings to defuse violence among his young pupils is set to be adapted into a feature film by The Bureau, the producers of “Supernova ...
Suppose you meet someone who is looking for an argument. What should you do? If you are Socrates, you engage. After all, in the Phaedo, in which Plato describes his teacher’s final hours, Socrates ...