had begun his famous 'Histories': our first record of Ancient Greek life. Undoubtedly the young Socrates absorbed many of these exciting new influences as he walked through Athens' teeming streets ...

For ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, the soul lives in the ideal realm, as it is eternal, unchanging, and survives the ...

Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty ...

Robertson's book is certainly easier than slogging through Plato and multiple volumes of ancient Greek history. But the book ...

Despite increasing interest in the figure of Socrates and in love in ancient Greece, no recent monograph studies these ... It focuses on the specific ways in which the philosopher searches for wisdom ...

Should Socrates be held responsible for the actions of his pupils, particularly those among them who had joined the tyrants? Timed by a water clock, the old philosopher remained as stubborn as ever.

Highlighting the importance of Greek philosophy’s four cardinal virtues ... book examines how we can apply the teachings of Socrates to modern life. Caroline Sanderson is a non-fiction writer ...

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

The third volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought ... that each part is self-contained. Socrates dominated the controversies of this period, as he has dominated the subsequent ...

there are a lot of us in Ancient Greece. We spend our time thinking about what it means to live a good life… Perhaps our most famous philosopher is Socrates. He never writes anything down.