Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.

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The “Symposium” describes a dinner party of ancient Athenians, including Socrates, the teacher of Plato, and Aristophanes, a prize-winning writer of comic plays. Each guest gives a speech about love.

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Efforts to censor the likes of Plato, who held the apparently dangerous idea that reason should be the proper ruler of the soul, only expose the weakness of the censors ...

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Greek philosopher Plato’s words continue to influence and inspire even today. Here are 5 life lessons he shared that will transform your life.

Socrates would have warned that overrelying on artificial intelligence for answers risks dulling the human mind and ...

Socrates was a philosopher who influenced countless of generations. Walking through the crowded pathways of Classical Athens, ...

With the advent of short-form content, complex thought has been fading from our society. Even as recently as 2013, the year ...