Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Plato takes on Bill O’Reilly! The great philosopher, dead for 2,400 years, argues with Amy Chua! And Daniel Dennett! And Google! This is philosopher-novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s hook in her ...

Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When we use the word “Eros” today, we often invoke assumptions shaped more by psychoanalysis than by the ancient Greek god of love. Psychoanalytic thinkers have long been drawn to Plato’s Symposium.

It sounds like something out of a Dan Brown novel, but a scholar in Manchester, England, claims to have found hidden code in the ancient writings of Plato. If true, the secret messages would have made ...

Plato of Athens (429-347BC) may be one of the most famous philosophers of all times. He was the thinker who came up with the “theory of forms” and founded the first academic institution. Yet we know ...

When I arrive on Plato’s patio at the Aspen Meadows Resort to meet a friend before sunset a couple of weeks ago, wildfire smoke is thick in the air. The view west is otherworldly: The sun glows red ...

Former title winner Jason Plato enters the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship races at Brands Hatch on Sunday with a stinging rebuke sounding in his ears. Plato's Seat collided with the Alfa ...