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Plato on Goodness and the Good

Goodness and the good lie at the heart of the thinking-philosophizing of Plato. The good is that toward...

The thinking-philosophizing of Plato is held together by a demand for self-knowledge, by a demand for knowing oneself,...

Happiness, for us, is a feeling; short-lived or abiding. Happiness, for Plato and in ancient Greek thought, refers...

For Plato, the theme of justice is question-worthy. In the Republic, justice is extensively discussed, questioned, and investigated.

Plato did not invent the word “philosophy”, but he rendered its meaning and scope radically other; he totally...

Love is one of the main themes that Plato repeatedly philosophizes, thinks, discusses, and talks about. In the...

The idea of beauty permeates the dialogues of Plato. The beautiful, as a notion, lies at the heart...

Death is a recurrent theme in the thinking-philosophizing of Plato. The fear of death, Plato says, burdens humans...