Plato never wrote "The Republic." Ancient editors added a subtitle clarifying the work's true focus: individual psychology ...

Not only does Plato’s Laws present likely the most thorough defense of the rule of law in the annals of political thought, it also contains a comprehensive teaching on how the steady rule of law works ...

Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

Given that students often express a desire for course content to be more "relevant" and applicable to their lives, I describe one method for effectively addressing this concern through the ...

Is utopia just too utopian? Explore visions of utopia from Plato to bell hooks. Is utopia just too utopian? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we’ll explore visions of utopia from Plato ...

Di Tella, Rafael, Ernesto Dal Bo, and Pedro Dal Bo. "'Plato o Plomo': Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence." American Political Science Review 100, no. 1 (February 2006): 41–53.

The dichotomy between reality and appearance, and the devaluation of appearance, is rooted in pre-Socratic philosophy. Just as Plato leant upon Heraclitus’ flux for his conception of the sensible ...