Socrates was born in 469 BC. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a midwife, a profession he would later use to characterize himself, since he would later describe himself as a midwife who ...
Explore the bustling Athenian Agora where Socrates roamed, sparking philosophical discussions with his Socratic irony method.
The trial of Socrates is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating in history. The famous philosopher was accused of various ...
There are arguably few ancient thinkers as influential in their domains as Socrates, Aristotle, and Confucius. Emerging from different cultures or epochs in time, these three remarkable teachers ...
Alan Mendez, Ro Boddie, Michael Stuhlbarg and Joe Tapper onstage in the Public Theater production of "Socrates." (Joan Marcus/Courtesy of the production) What does Socrates have to do with modern-day ...
In Plato’s cave, humans watch silhouettes flicker on the wall, unaware that fires just behind them are distorting reality into a shadow world – not unlike the world we find ourselves in today, aided ...