A building with two Caryatids on its balcony has been adorning downtown Athens for over 100 years, known as "The House With ...

“Despite his insistence on the examined life,” Socrates has never been a figure the rest of us have known well, said Walter Isaacson in The New York Times. Western philosophy’s first great thinker ...

If you’ve ever voted, served on a jury, watched a movie, read a novel, spoken English, had a rational thought, or gazed at the night sky in silent wonder, then you can thank the Ancient Greeks. They ...

Socrates was born near Athens but very little is known of his early life. He served in battle as a soldier and showed great bravery. On one occasion he saved the life of Alcibiades, a brilliant but ...

Considered to be the founding father of Western philosophy, Socrates examined all aspects of life in ancient Athens—to his own detriment. Socrates was put to death in 399 B.C. for showing irreverence ...

At the site of the Agora, the ancient city’s public square, I visit the ruins of the house of Simon the Cobbler. He also pretended to be a philosopher. By Simon Critchley Mr. Critchley is a philosophy ...