When we turn to the other most famous ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C. – 322 B.C.), we find little of the political regimentation that characterizes his teacher, Plato. For Aristotle, ...

Ancient philosopher Plato's timeless wisdom highlights the critical importance of beginnings. His quote, 'The beginning is ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams examines the complex relationship between the classics and identity politics. And he is speaking to Walter Isaacson about racism, ...

Are we all political animals? Aristotle thought so. Politics, he believed, was the art of the possible, but extremes of wealth could harm democracies.

When I was a college freshman, many years ago, I enrolled in a course on the history of Western Civilization. In it, we began by reading Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and other prominent ...

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In his sweeping new book, historian Herman (How the Scots Invented the Modern World) contends that Plato and Aristotle had vastly different conceptions about the world, and that the various followers ...

Aristotle, a pivotal ancient Greek philosopher and tutor to Alexander the Great, emphasized practical wisdom and meaningful ...

In recent decades, it has become increasingly clear that psychological stressors can lead to physical symptoms not only by the ego defence of somatization but also by physical processes involving the ...

The ancient Greeks left a wealth of knowledge through their surviving writings on a wide variety of themes, including science, logic, philosophy, literature, and the arts. In addition, the city-state ...