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  • Plato’s Very Relevant Warning about Politicians

    Plato’s Very Relevant Warning about Politicians0

    It’s amazing how relevant ancient works can be to modern life. Such is the case with Plato’s dialogue Gorgias?, which contains a very applicable warning about politicians. The Gorgias is a polemic against rhetoric—the art of speaking well and persuading others. Plato was not completely against rhetoric; he was okay with it if used “with

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  • Plato’s Problem with Loving Yourself

    Plato’s Problem with Loving Yourself0

    Arguably these days, there’s a lot of self-love going on. Indeed, isn’t that the point of almost all marketing campaigns. Our culture is awash in the love of self. Unfortunately, that’s not necessarily a good thing even for the self. In volume 4 of The Dialogues, Plato argues, “The greatest evil to men, generally, is

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  • Plato: Fix Yourself First

    Plato: Fix Yourself First0

    • August 25, 2015

      A passage from The Republic, Book IV, 443d-e, which has been highly influential on the Western tradition. According to Plato, a man first “sets his own house in good order and rules himself” – harmonizing the various parts of his soul – before he can ensure justice in his actions toward others:   Save this

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  • Plato, Descartes and Kant Too White for Univ. Students

    Plato, Descartes and Kant Too White for Univ. Students0

    Via the Telegraph: They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white. The student union at the School of

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  • Plato Nails Democratic Man

    Plato Nails Democratic Man0

    In Book VIII of The Republic, Plato describes various types of political man, such as oligarchs and aristocrats, through a fictitious conversation between Socrates and Adeimantus. Given the age of democracy we’re in, Plato’s descriptions of democratic man seem especially prescient. From Plato’s perspective, democratic man is dominated by two ideas: freedom and equality. As

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  • Plato Can Help You Find Love

    Plato Can Help You Find Love0

    Not only did early humans have both sets of sexual organs, Aristophanes reports, but they were outfitted with two faces, four hands, and four legs. These monstrosities were very fast—moving by way of cartwheels –– and they were also quite powerful. So powerful, in fact, that the gods were nervous for their dominion. Wanting to

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