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

Plato and the allegory of the Ring of Gyges may have had a surprising influence on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Fresh footage of sprawling stone formations off Spain’s southern coast has revived one of humanity’s most persistent legends, ...

When Plato was an infant, bees alighted on his lips and, nestling there, set about making honey. His parents had placed him, sleeping, on the summit of a mountain while they paid tribute to the gods, ...

Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his ...

Photo of ESA’s Plato in one of the cleanrooms at ESA’s Test Centre, taken shortly after engineers fitted the combined sunshield and solar array module. The spacecraft is now complete. By fitting its ...