Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

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 ...

What did Plato's Atlantis actually look like? This video breaks down the detailed blueprint from his unfinished dialogue: a god-built metropolis with concentric moats, a vast irrigated plain, an army ...

Everybody knows philosophy is useless. Philosophers have their heads in the clouds having nothing to do with events on the ground. Parents of university students want their kids to earn MD, JD or MBA ...