Agnes Callard’s fascinating study of the Greek philosopher, Open Socrates, unpacks what Socratic ethics can teach us in the ...

Friedrich Nietzsche drew no distinction between Socrates and Plato in his diagnosis of the origin of philosophy and metaphysics. My argument will lean heavily on the scholarship of Gregory Vlastos to ...

Intervening in this discussion, What Would Socrates Do? reconstructs Socrates' philosophy in ancient Athens to show its promise of empowering citizens and non-citizens alike. By drawing them into ...

devotes more of its contents to Socrates’ philosophy and less to his historical and political circumstance and his many influences upon subsequent cultures. In this sense, the CCS is more a companion ...

Cafe Socrates is a weekly undergraduate philosophy discussion group. We meet every Wednesday from 4 to 6 PM, though people are not expected to stay for the whole two hours and often drop in for just a ...

A key figure in political philosophy, his ideas influenced modern democracy and liberalism. Philosopher and economist, known ...

Like Socrates, Plato remained convinced there were ... is one of the earliest and most influential books of political theory ever written. With such a broad range of writings on numerous subjects ...

Socrates was born in 469 BC. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a midwife, a profession he would later use to characterize himself, since he would later describe himself as a midwife ...

This is why I suggest turning to philosophy, which can offer a saving grace to this madness. Take it from Socrates, the forefather of Western philosophy, who tells his fellow Athenians ...

In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World,” Donald J. Robertson describes Socrates' Athens in terms that seem all too familiar: a society ...

In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World,” Donald J. Robertson describes Socrates’ Athens in terms that seem all too familiar: a society ...