I spent most of the past 15 years translating the complete works of Plato from Ancient Greek into English, and these ...

Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, an outbreak of anti-Macedonian feeling swept Athens, forcing Aristotle ...

The Stoic dichotomy treats betrayal like weather. Plato knew better: another person's choices flow from character—and ...

Everyone at the party was praising love, calling it beautiful and benevolent. Diotima says this cannot be the case. Love is ...

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 ...

Sophists in ancient Greece were professional educators and intellectuals. Their teachings emphasized public speaking and ...

Further to my earlier letter titled, “Psychology of Greed and Philosophy for a New World Order” (The Island 26.11.2025) it ...

On October, 23, 2025, Encounter Books honored Charles R. Kesler with the Encounter Prize for Advancing American Ideals during ...

In the second century A.D. at the city of Oinoanda, the philosopher Diogenes inscribed his works on the wall of a stoa, or portico, in a public square.(Martin Bachmann) In the winter of 1884, two ...

The passage explores Socrates’ idea that human perfection is not an individual achievement but a collective one, arguing that ...

Stuff your loved ones' stockings with these influential LGBTQ+ classics.

“Women are capable of education, but they are not made for activities which demand a universal faculty such as the more ...