Plato

In this installment of 'Reaching Within,' we explore Greek philosopher Plato's analogy of the cave and artist Jan Saenredam's interpretation of it.

Plato is justly famous as one of the world’s greatest philosophers. Indeed, 20th-century philosopher A.N. Whitehead once commented that all ...

The Eye of the Beholder: Reflecting On the Purpose of Beauty and Art We’ve all heard the phrase ...

Night. Somewhere in Northern Europe. (8,000 B.C.) Picture a cave with a fire burning just outside its mouth. ...

The Eye of the Beholder: Reflecting on the Purpose of Beauty and Art We’ve all heard the phrase ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but what does this mean ...

It’s 399 B.C. Having been judged and condemned to death, Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, reflects on his ...

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Scientists and philosophers have long debated what level of consciousness, if any, animals and plants have. Some philosophers ...

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Socrates saw the decline of Greek society, but instead of indulging, he cultivated his soul through virtue.