In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...

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

1. Lovingreading or loving-reading (a double verb, conjugated as transitive, where what one loves-reads is someone or ...

According to Plato, love’s aim is not to complete us, but to inspire us to grow and become the best human being we can be.

During Socrates' youth Athens was a city at the height of its power and the intellectual center of the Greek world. The spirit of openness which democracy encouraged had given rise to new fields ...

Athens had Socrates. Eden Prairie has Rick Wall. Plato said Socrates described himself as a “gadfly” sent to torment the people of Athens by asking uncomfortable questions and goading the citizens ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled uneasily with the realities of power.

After Socrates had been found guilty of impiety and corrupting the morals of the city's youth, he was next invited to propose a suitable punishment. This was a legal tradition in Athens and an ...

The “common thread” in his work, Ms. Atack writes, is his commemoration of the life and unjust death of Socrates, the mentor who never left Athens except as a soldier and refused to flee when ...

5/5 The Spartans break down Athenian walls. Socrates' card is marked.