Plato’s philosophy shaped the early theology of Christianity and influenced the doctrine of the Holy Trinity at Nicaea.

Plato, a pivotal 4th-century BCE Athenian philosopher, profoundly influenced Western thought. His teachings on justice, knowledge, and ideal societies, particularly through dialogues like 'The ...

Sometimes, even the newest ideas have ancient roots. Take, for example, neoconservatism, the radical philosophy that supposedly guided the Bush administration’s ill-fated foreign policy decisions. Who ...

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Plato provides a timeless insight into how we are often "prisoners" of our mind, in that we are born into a world of "shadows", which we confuse with reality. Wisdom ...

How can you teach a philosophy class without mentioning Plato? Texas A&M University professor Martin Peterson is trying to figure that out. Plato was a father of Western philosophy, famously a student ...