Socrates: Congratulations, Phaedrus, on your recent graduation. Phaedrus: Please don’t mention it, Socrates. Socrates: Now that you are a physician, what are you going to do? Phaedrus: I am applying ...

Some of us think ourselves virtuous because we work hard, take care of our children and manage to get through most days without committing major mistakes. But does that make us virtuous? If so, are ...

Socrates: Why have you come at this hour, Crito? It must be quite early. Crito: Yes, certainly. Socrates: What is the exact time? Crito: The dawn is breaking. Socrates: What is your reason for such an ...

Socrates : Friends, why does “power” – and I’m not just talking about political power – seem to inflate egos so drastically? It’s remarkable how the mighty seem to tower, assuming grand statures far ...

Dialogue has always been at the core of human culture and understanding. Across ages and societies, it’s been around campfires, at dinner tables, or in the roundtable discussions of philosophers and ...

IT SHOULD have been a night to celebrate. Portugal's centre-left Socialists won a historic victory in the election on February 20th. For the first time since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 1974, ...