Tuesday 25 May 2021 13:21 BST 0 Comments A statue of Aristotle (384-322 BC) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Getty/iStock) ...

By Professor Cheng SongliuIn his bookThe Origin and Goal of History, German philosopher Karl Jaspers introduced the concept of the “Axial Age”, which has gained widespread recognition in global ...

PLATO: THE REPUBLIC The Greek master’s blueprint for a perfect society (ruled by a class of arch-rationalist Philosopher Kings) is one of the most-read classics.

It was once observed that all western philosophy is but a mere footnote to the works of Plato. However others believe that his student Aristotle merits equal standing. I recently read a review of ...

The individual is reduced to being a cog in the wheel of Plato’s ideal State. The famous philosopher of science, Sir Karl Popper, concluded in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945): Never was a man ...

When we turn to the other most famous ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C. – 322 B.C.), we find little of the political regimentation that characterizes his teacher, Plato. For Aristotle, ...

It was once observed that all western philosophy is but a mere footnote to the works of Plato. However others believe that his student Aristotle merits equal standing. I recently read a review of ...

3.) Bacon then did Descartes one better by separating science from religion. 4.) Instead, Descartes and Bacon should have emulated Gore’s favorite Greek philosopher, Aristotle.