Plato, who taught in the fourth century BCE, argued that each person has an intuitive capacity to recognize the truth. He ...

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding way ...

A humanities education is vital in this polarized world. But students need to read the books.

A remarkable book is being released in the U.S. today. Tyger by SF Said won the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year when it was published in the U.K. in ...

Learning to love the existence of all life on earth helped Mari Andrew let go of the blame she put on herself and her body.

Mark Lilla, author of a new book on ignorance, discusses when we’re better off searching for knowledge and when we’re better off living in the dark.

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay (2008). Explore cast details and learn more on ...

Let’s go back to Plato and his cave. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” from the Republic, helps us understand populism in the U.S. today and its role in Donald Trump’s rise.

In our Disunited States, where liars stand so proudly, arms akimbo, elbows against their own laws, I seek solace in a source that’s never failed me: Plato’s ...