Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

The dichotomy between truth and appearance, and the devaluation of appearance, is rooted in pre-Socratic philosophy. Just as Plato leant upon Heraclitus’ flux for his conception of the sensible world ...

The Greek philosopher's writing explores themes of sexuality and gender, making it susceptible to the university's new rules adopted in November that ban the teaching of “race and gender ideology”.

Diogenes of Sinope, a beggar who lived on the streets of Athens in the fourth century B.C.E., has been hailed as the progenitor of performance art, an inspiration for the Occupy movement, and, by the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In an unprecedented decision, Texas A&M University is requiring a professor to remove ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

New research into the legend of Atlantis strengthens the theory that Plato's mysterious island was really Santorini.

IT would have been a real treat for philosophers to have a genuine study of Plato's “Theory of Knowledge” by Prof. Cornford. As it stands, however, the title of the book is misleading as it offers no ...