PLATO just moved a little closer to the future. The upcoming exoplanet-hunting mission under development by the European Space Agency (ESA) is named after the Greek philosopher. Like its namesake, it ...

Two people have died and a suspect has been shot dead by police following an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester. The incident on Thursday prompted Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to declare ...

In my roughly 10 years of philosophical education — four in college, one in a master’s program and five as a PhD candidate — it never occurred to me that Plato was a person. Of course, I read and ...

One of the most insightful perspectives on love is by Ancient Greek philosopher Plato in Symposium, describing its force as a ...

Police use the term to describe a ‘maundering terror attack’. It was used last night following a mass stabbing on a train ...

When Plato was an infant, bees alighted on his lips and, nestling there, set about making honey. His parents had placed him, sleeping, on the summit of a mountain while they paid tribute to the gods, ...

Plato, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, continues to influence how we think about truth, justice, love, and the human soul. His thoughts, written more than 2,000 years ago, still ...

I’ve always harbored the ambition to be the very first to do something or other. And though minor, here it is at long last: Finding an opportunity to use “Plato” and “Yogi Berra” in the same sentence.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ryan Leack, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE CONVERSATION) In ...