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...

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...

Maryland lawmakers approved an apology Monday for the state's role in the slave trade, expressing "profound regret" that it once "trafficked in human flesh."Maryland follows Virginia in issuing a formal apology.The vote in the House of Delegates makes the apology official, because a resolution doesn't...

Canada's parliament asked Japan on Wednesday to apologize to thousands of foreign women forced into military brothels during World War II.The nonbinding motion was backed by legislators who urged Tokyo to offer a formal apology to the women, known in Japan as "comfort women."Left-leaning parliament...

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.