One of the best known and most influential philosophers of all time, Plato has been admired for thousands of years as a teacher, writer, and student. His interests and knowledge were wide and varied, including science, mathematics, and poetry. Plato was...

Plato, known as perhaps the greatest of all the ancient Greek philosophers and educators, was more interested in moral rather than natural (or scientific) philosophy. Nevertheless, he made many important contributions to the philosophy of mathematics and...

Plato stands at the center of philosophical thought in the ancient world. He was the first person to approach philosophical issues systematically, but it was the genius with which he treated those issues that made his thought so influential. Virtually ev...

Plato's Apology by Plato Plato was born in 427 B.C.E. to an influential, politically active aristocratic family and received the fine education typical for a boy of his background in fifth-century Athens. His various interests included wrestling (he was...

(The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Apology Introduction: The Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo are the dialogues which deal directly with Socrates' trial and death. In the scene of the trial, it is apparent that Socrates is consciously choosing death. His defense (so-called) consists largely in...

Abstract: Patrick Deneen's Democratic Faith is a timely discussion of our need to question our faith in democracy. As friends of democracy, we must examine it closely if we are to defend it. While the author agrees with Deneen's general argument, he takes...

Latin America: Does Britain want more trouble from its enemies? Then why does it embolden them by apologizing on the 25th anniversary of Argentina's Falklands invasion for the loss of life in that war?The 25th anniversary of Argentina's invasion of the Falklands should be a...

His statement after the jump. -Matthew Schuerman June 5, 2006 Statement from Daniel Goldstein I apologize for the unfortunate remarks I personally made in a heated email exchange with reporter Ben Smith; an exchange wholly unrelated to his article today. My remarks only came from...

Discusses the innocence of Socrates in Plato's, "The Apology of Socrates."

An analysis of two of Socretes' arguments concerning death, as expressed in Plato's "Apology." Both arguments, concluding that one should not fear death, contain sound premises, but neither argument as a whole is sound.