Plato's own pupil, Aristotle, was born in 384 BC and began as an ardent supporter of his teacher. However, gradually he modified his teacher's views and turned away from the world of ideas back to ...

A shroud of mystery remains conceals the knowledge contained within the lost works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle.

In Q&A, UChicago philosopher Agnes Callard talks new book and cultivating an ‘inherently inquisitive’ approach to ...

Critical thinking ceases to be genuinely critical when it becomes a tool for conforming to biases rather than pursuing the truth. But when we embrace the spirit of Socratic questioning, the depth of ...

Born in Athens around 427 B.C.E., Plato studied philosophy under Socrates. After his teacher ... of lost plays by Sophocles and tracts by Aristotle,” per the Times. “[Soon], we should ...

It had built the mighty Parthenon, created the world’s first democratic government, and produced brilliant thinkers like ...

Plato, who died around 347BC, is arguably the greatest of all the Greek philosophers. With his mentor Socrates, and student Aristotle, he laid down the foundations of Western philosopher and science.

Also, since Nicomachean Ethics was the culmination of Aristotle’s ideas, it combined his own views with responses to the works of his predecessors — such as Socrates and Plato — and their ...