Wrongfully Accused: The Political Motivations Behind Socrates’ Execution
In 399 B.C.E., Socrates was executed by the Athenian court on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. The controversial decision lingers atop the great legacy of Athens, a city praised for its intellectual and political liberty. However, the reasons behind Socrates’ execution are themselves questionable.
The Relationship of Philosophy and Art in Plato's Republic
In the Republic, Plato voices his ambivalence toward poetry and poesis in general. Plato admires art for its great inspirational power, but at the same time detests it because its creator has ‘no grasp of the truth’.
The Essential Value of a Classic Education
Jeffrey Brenzel focuses on Plato and Aristotle, as well as other great writers from throughout history.
Pindar in Plato
An examination of Plato’s quotations and misquotations of Pindar that shows how the philosopher uses the poet: from trivial mention to confirmation of moral precepts and authority on the after-life.
Love, friendship and images : citizenship and necessity in Thucydides and Plato
This dissertation is concerned with the responses of Thucydides and Plato to the phenomenon of motion in the political world which, for both, is understood to be more or less problematic.
Justice and the Justification of War in Ancient Greece: Four Authors
The Greeks talked about war and they talked about it in terms of right and wrong. But given the intensely military nature of Ancient Greek society and the fierce concern with justice in Greek philosophy, it is surprising that no Greek thinker fully articulated the idea of Just War.
Why did Plato write?
Plato has pointed out the dangers of written works. In his Seventh Letter he states that he never himself wrote in ‘the sublime questions of philosophy’ and that no serious man will seriously write on serious problems, because he would so lay his thought open to the misunderstanding of the crowd
Did Ulysses Travel to Atlantis?
Good fiction imitates facts. Plato declared that his Atlantis tale is philosophical fiction invented to describe his fictitious ideal state in the case of war.
Is consent in medicine a concept only of modern times?
Although the issue of consent in medical practice has grown immensely in recent years, and it is generally believed that historical cases are unknown, our research amongst original ancient Greek and Byzantine historical sources reveals that it is a very old subject which ancient philosophers and physicians have addressed.
Hemlock Poisoning and the Death of Socrates: Did Plato Tell the Truth?
It is a remarkable account, rich in emotive power and in clinical detail. But is it true?