Socrates was born in 469 BC. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a midwife, a profession he would later use to characterize himself, since he would later describe himself as a midwife ...

Some of the history is understandably needed to give context to Socrates, but often it feels as though Robertson is writing two separate books for two different audiences. The explanation of ...

In director-writer Serkan Aktas’ short film The Librarian, Mazhar (Mustafa Aydin) lives alone with his parrot, Socrates. He ...

Socrates cautioned his countrymen of the dangers of writing. 'If men learn it,' he warned, 'it will implant forgetfulness in their souls.' ...

John’s College in Santa Fe use landmark books as a starting point for a conversation where history’s great thinkers, from Socrates to Shakespeare to Emerson, provide a springboard to tackle ...