Plato argues that indifference towards ‘public affairs’ comes at a cost, you give up your say in how you are governed. Plato ...

Again, because Socrates didn’t write things down himself, it’s hard to place this quote directly as to where it came from.

Ancient Greek philosopher Plato warned that wise individuals who avoid civic participation will inevitably be ruled by less ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What would Socrates and Plato say about AI? Former Greek leader George Papandreou has some ideas In Plato’s cave, humans watch ...

Born in 427 BC, Plato fled Athens in 399 BC after Socrates was executed, blaming democracy and the Peloponnesian War for his teacher's death. An aristocrat and an elitist, much of what we know about ...

Ancient Greek philosopher Diotima of Mantinea, as recounted by Socrates in Plato's Symposium, proposed that love is not ...

In Plato’s cave, humans watch silhouettes flicker on the wall, unaware that fires just behind them are distorting reality into a shadow world – not unlike the world we find ourselves in today, aided ...