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Plato’s Symposium: Always Change For Love

By Van Bryan So, that’s probably a strange thing to say, right? After all, the popular opinion today is that

Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?

By Jacob Bell, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Imagine this… You are born into a political and social structure which has

Socrates: The Man Who Knew Too Much

By Jacob Bell, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Socrates loved the pursuit of wisdom more than any other. He valued truth,

Old Ideas Renewed: Science, Philosophy, and Perception as Illusion

By Jacob Bell, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Plato, along with his instructor Socrates, are often recognized as the minds which began

The Theory of Recollection: Immortal Soul Required

By Ben Potter The Phaedo takes places in 399 BC at the scene of the final days of Socrates’ life.

Plato’s Phaedo: The Spirituality of Socrates

“Crito, we ought to offer a cock to Asclepius. See to it, and don’t forget.” – the Last words of

Socrates Justice – Law and Disorder

by Anya Leonard Somewhere between the words of Socrates and the thoughts of Plato lies the profound question of what

Socrates the Prophet?

By Van Bryan I originally thought of this article idea some time ago. I remember standing in the basement of

Introducing Plato and the Theaetetus

By Samuel Gren Contributor from Noet, a Classical Wisdom Weekly partner A.N. Whitehead once characterized Western philosophy as “a series

The Pitiable Tyrant

Do you remember a few weeks ago when we had a bit of a discussion on the Platonic dialogue, Gorgias?