I spent most of the past 15 years translating the complete works of Plato from Ancient Greek into English, and these ...

In Book X of Plato's Republic, we encounter a soul who has lived virtuously in heaven but immediately chooses the life of a tyrant when given unlimited options. Plato's explanation is direct: This ...

Plato never wrote a dialogue called "The Republic." He wrote the Politeia (Πολιτεία), which translates to "constitution." But here's what few people know: ancient editors felt this title alone was ...

Ideas take shape in strange moments, and that is where philosophy quietly meets creativity and enterprise. This selection ...

Happily, in November 2025, a handful of promising premieres managed to sneak in before Thanksgiving closed the door on substantive TV for the year. Below, you’ll find a thriller starring Claire Danes ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case. This decision allows local officials to ...

Don't miss the Galactic Threads Update 7.8 Story Teaser Trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, a free-to-play MMO RPG developed by Broadsword. Players can get a glimpse at the developments of the ...

The Polycentric Republic: A Theory of Civil Order for Free and Diverse Societies, by David Thunder (Routledge, 220 pp., $43.99) “The modern sovereign state, though it may not exercise perfectly ...

Happy holidays, and happy reading! All That We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy by Bridget Bell (Cavankerry) If there has ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

New Delhi: Centuries ago, tremors shook the earth so violently that an entire city disappeared beneath water. Ancient Greek philosopher Plato called this city Atlantis and described it as a beautiful ...

Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC Your email has been sent Microsoft has unveiled Fara-7B, a compact computer-use AI model designed to perform tasks the way a ...