Alcibiades was a gifted politician and general, but he is ultimately remembered as a traitor to Athens for defecting to ...

Socrates’ life, trial, and prophecy reveal his pursuit of truth, divine guidance, and the lasting consequences of Athens’ ...

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...

Everyone at the party was praising love, calling it beautiful and benevolent. Diotima says this cannot be the case. Love is ...

I ask every new patient a question early in treatment: "What is the most important relationship you have?" The answers vary. Many say their child. Others name their spouse or partner. Some say God.

Of all personality traits, charisma is the hardest to appreciate at second hand. We read Cicero’s letters and can instantly tell that he was vain, insecure and ferociously clever; we read scraps of ...

I am only 7 days late in the 24-hour news cycle. Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega were arrested after Belarus air traffic ...

"Falling Down is not a Failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen." Quote of the Day Meaning: Socrates’ quote teaches us that mistakes and setbacks are part of life and learning. The ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...