Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...
Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...
Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.
Matthew Sharpe works at Deakin. He has received funding from the ARC for work on the history of philosophy as a way of life. He wishes to thank his friend and teacher, Dr. William H. F. Altman, author ...
The History of Philosophy Group meets regularly to hear and discuss work in progress by various faculty members and graduate students working in the history of philosophy at CU Boulder, including ...
The Stoic dichotomy treats betrayal like weather. Plato knew better: another person's choices flow from character—and ...
In this article, you will learn about the Quote of the Day by Plato, its meaning, Who Plato is, why he is famous, interesting ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
In Process and Reality (1929), American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead famously remarked: ‘‘The safest general characterisation of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a ...
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