Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...

Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer to why only those skilled in statecraft should rule the unskilled COMMENT | ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped Western political thought. By Matthew Duncombe Greece is now known as the “cradle ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy -- and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. That's ...

His pupil Plato, however, found that practical knowledge led to the abstractions of metaphysics and political theory. Carol Atack’s “Plato: A Civic Life” traces Plato’s philosophy back to ...

It's been left unread for nearly 2,000 years. Now, scientists have used AI to virtually unfurl one of the Herculaneum scrolls ...

Bolstered by renowned texts and international trips, the Western Humanities sequence attracts many underclass students, while ...