Everybody knows philosophy is useless. Philosophers have their heads in the clouds having nothing to do with events on the ground. Parents of university students want their kids to earn MD, JD or MBA ...

History often provides perfect metaphors for our personal struggles. Few historical episodes offer more relationship wisdom than Plato's three ill-fated journeys to Sicily in the 4th century BCE.

Some of my friends are amazed that censorship seems to have caught up even with Plato. A review of courses at Texas A&M University flagged texts by the ancient Greek thinker as violating a new ...

Plato remains one of the most influential thinkers in history, shaping the way we understand knowledge, justice, and reality even today. Born around 428 BCE in Athens, Greece, Plato grew up during a ...

The episode begins with the USS Enterprise responding to a distress call from a planet populated by the Platonians, a group of telepathic humanoids who model their society in ancient Greece. Upon ...