In a world often fixated on romantic love, there's a unique and profoundly enriching connection that often goes unsung: the platonic soulmate.

Even in ancient Greece, Plato questioned whether gender norms around masculinity were good for men’s individual freedom ...

In Ashpoems, George Vassilacopoulos reimagines Platonic eros through a poetic lens shaped by exile, silence, and ontological ...

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From these beginnings, Plato gradually developed distinct philosophical ideas, such as his Theory of Forms, which features in middle dialogues such as the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic.

It was probably inevitable, but is deeply sad, that Plato’s Symposium (circa 380 BCE), has been drawn into the culture wars. A dialogue of great complexity and elegance, the book is one of the ...

Plato’s Symposium contains a myth about the origins of human love, the Myth of Aristophanes.. In the beginning, there were three kinds of people: male, descended from the sun; female, descended ...

Plato’s Symposium: Love and Politics, Ancient and Modern. Instructor: Drs. Jenna and Benjamin Storey (AEI) Dates: June 9 – 13, 2025. Description: What draws us to politics?

Historians already knew that Plato, the famous student of Socrates who wrote down his teacher's philosophies as well as his own, was buried at the Academy, which the Roman general Sulla destroyed ...