Should Socrates be held responsible for the actions ... Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became a central aspect of Greek culture very early on and in many ways were the most ...

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

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

During Socrates' youth Athens was a city at the height of its power and the intellectual center of the Greek world. The spirit of openness which democracy encouraged had given rise to new fields ...

Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI The Greek historian Xenophon recounts in his Symposium that one day Socrates was out walking with some friends when they were approached by Callias, a wealthy Athenian.

The team has already read one of the scrolls to discover how Greek philosopher Plato spent his last evening 2,500 years ago - ...