THERE is on occasion a crisis in the life of a man that at the same time constitutes a crucial moment in the life of humanity. Such was what may, by not too forced a metaphor, be called the high ...

The Death of Socrates (detail, 1787), Jacques-Louis David - Getty Philosophers are constitutively irritating: this is both their great power and their greatest weakness. Imagine the kind of person ...

DALLAS, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (“Socrates”), advancing a purpose-led mission to pursue a better feedback loop for health issues spanning diabetes management, broader health optimization ...

The influence of the philosopher Socrates, especially as depicted in Plato’s dialogues, is virtually impossible to overestimate in Western intellectual life. His thoughts were foundational for Western ...

The debate of Socrates and Aspasia, by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1800). Standing by Socrates is Alcibiades. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. In my last post I discussed the pros and cons of the ...

The trial of Socrates is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating in history. The famous philosopher was accused of various ailments and was forced to drink a poison, hemlock, before dying at the age ...