The Melbourne Philosophical Café is set to tackle one of the biggest works of ancient Greek thought in their upcoming meeting ...

The series includes: Plato and the Idea of Political Office (Oct.19, 2023) Plato’s Republic confronted the challenges of political office (archē). By working through the ideas of this dialogue and ...

THIS delightful little book improves on a second reading. It is a mock Platonic dialogue—not pedantically close to the Greek—purporting to give Socrates' account of a lecture tour he has just ...

Plato’s Republic is one of the most influential books in history. It has been claimed by people on all sides of the political spectrum and continues to resonate today.

TEHRAN – “Plato’s Republic: A Reader’s Guide” by Luke Purshouse, an expert on social and political philosophy, has been published in Persian by Ney.

When the philosopher Plato wrote his most famous work, the women of Ancient Greece were second-class citizens. But he had a radical vision of how they should participate in public life.

Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical text that explores justice, the ideal state, and the role of individuals within society, primarily through dialogues led by Socrates. A new book ...

Plato's claim in the Republic that in the ideal city philosophers would be compelled to rule has led some students of his work to think that he was either incompetent or insincere. Professor Harman ...

Misreading Plato’s ‘Republic’ on Democracy Apologists for tyranny hardly needed Leo Strauss to show how a superficial reading could be used to justify the denial of freedom.