There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists ...

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Dog owners have been warned to avoid some beaches in north Cornwall following reports of hemlock water dropwort roots and reports of pets becoming "very unwell". Reports of dogs dying from ingestion ...

Antisthenes, Cynic philosopher and tutor of Diogenes, championed simplicity, virtue, and freedom, influencing Stoic thought.

The Classical period is famous for Athenian democracy, Socrates and Plato, and the Hellenistic period saw Greek cultural influence peak across the Mediterranean region. But around 2,150 years ago, the ...

These mathematical calculations, each named after a letter from the Greek alphabet, tell you how options contracts will react under different market conditions. While the term might evoke images ...

This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ...

Plato, a name synonymous with classical Greek philosophy, wrote The Republic around 375 BC ... In The Republic, Plato’s criticisms are voiced by Socrates, his mentor and a central figure in the ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato ... democracy in The Republic are spoken by the philosopher Socrates, his teacher and mentor. But the system that Socrates ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life ... Callard offers a road map for using the ancient Greek philosopher for approaching knotty discussion on topics such as love ...

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born on January 20, 1906, in Smyrna (modern-day İzmir, Turkey) and passed away on March 15, 1975, at 69. Commonly known as Ari or Aristo Onassis, he was a Greek shipping ...