The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to ...

Plato’s Republic is one of the most influential books in history. ... But, as mentioned, there are many other things the book discusses than Socrates’ seemingly ideal “city in speech”.

In any Greek city, there are perhaps no more than fifty good draught-players, and certainly not as many kings. –Plato, Statesman In one of Plato’s books, the philosopher Protagoras tells a ...

Zamość, often called the 'ideal city', is a remarkable Renaissance settlement founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski and designed by Bernardo Morando. As a UNESCO World Heritage site, it exemplifies the ...

Plato’s ideal state might be an inspiring idea but is impossible to implement. Published in The Express Tribune, January 31 st, 2022. Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, ...

At first blush, most people probably wouldn’t consider a documentary about New York City’s most notorious public sex club the ideal “date movie.” But that’s exactly what Mathew Kaufman ...

Writing in c380BC, Plato applied this question both to the individual and the city-state, considering earlier and current forms of government in Athens and potential forms, in which the ideal city ...

Yet Plato’s precise descriptions of the ancient Mycenaean city—the evidence of which had been buried for several centuries at the time he wrote and of which no written records remain—have ...

Theory: Plato was in pre-Columbian America! Suggestion: We should start looking in Santa Marta, Colombia, for his footprints! The above claims may sound ludicrous. Nevertheless, I am quite certain I ...