I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager understanding of this great philosopher on my own: reading ...

Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is professor emeritus of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. This photo is from about 2017. (Courtesy Photo) Are there ...

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 ...

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

A BMJ investigation is delving once again into questions over the quality and conduct of the PLATO trial that launched ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca) 15 years ago. It’s also reinvigorating a ...

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 was a fighter. This is not a metaphor. The historian Diogenes Laërtius tells us that Platon, meaning "broad-shouldered," was the philosopher’s wrestling nickname. As a prominent aristocrat, ...