THIS delightful little book improves on a second reading. It is a mock Platonic dialogue—not pedantically close to the Greek—purporting to give Socrates' account of a lecture tour he has just taken in ...

Matthew Sharpe works at Deakin. He has received funding from the ARC for work on the history of philosophy as a way of life. He wishes to thank his friend and teacher, Dr. William H. F. Altman, author ...

Author reveals the fourth element of Plato's model, showing how this dimension transforms the understanding of an influential text in Western philosophy REDDING, Calif., Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

As Plato himself confessed in later writings, a set of ideas that are idealistic at best and dangerous at worst. The oddly titled "Republic" describes an ant-like system with strict class structure, ...