Socrates’ challenge in Euthyphro reshaped Greek thought, placing the Good above the gods and transforming the Homeric ...

Detail from the Chigi vase. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain While discussing philosophy in the public square, Socrates would also have been training as a hoplite, a heavily armed foot soldier ...

Today, some lament, the unraveling of the traditional moral fibers holding our families and communities together continues. And some of the blame is surely placed upon the counter-influential forces ...

The trial of Socrates is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating in history. The famous philosopher was accused of various ...

Ancient Greek philosophers lived at a time when religious traditions held absolute authority and were not to be challenged.

Marble statues of the Greek philosophers Socrates, right, and Plato sit in front of the Athens Academy. Socrates tried and failed to teach Alcibiades, a controversial political and military leader in ...

The internet has taken a break from poking fun at President Trump’s Twitter typos to mock his elder daughter’s attribution of a quote to the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Ivanka Trump was up ...

The president's daughter deleted the original tweet and replaced it on Tuesday On Tuesday, Ivanka Trump found herself the subject of ridicule on Twitter after she appeared to attribute an ...