Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.6. Plato’s LibraryJust outside the walls of Athens on the northwest side of the city is the Public Cemetery (Dēmosion Sēma), where stately tombs line a broad…1d ago1d ago
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.5. Plato’s AcademyOur sources tell us that after returning from his trip to southern Italy and Sicily, Plato purchased a plot of land near the sanctuary of…6d ago16d ago1
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.4. Educators from the Socratic MovementSocrates can be seen as a product of the same culture that produced the sophists. Like them he was interested in the education of young…Oct 7Oct 7
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.3 Isocrates and his SchoolBorn in 436 BC, Isocrates was almost a decade older than Plato. His father Theodorus was a successful flute maker who was able to provide a…Oct 3Oct 3
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.2. The Sophistic MovementIn the mid-fifth century BC, a new movement emerged that changed the educational situation in Greece. The men we call the sophists began…Sep 30Sep 30
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.1. Sharing Greek WisdomImagine a time when there was no internet; when there were no mass media of any kind; no universities; not even any secondary schools; no…Sep 27Sep 27
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 12.4. The Grand TourSome time around 387, Plato set sail for Magna Graecia. Presumably his trip was not a sightseeing expedition, but an attempt to meet with…Sep 23Sep 23
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 12.3. Dionysius the EmperorNow in control of most of Sicily, Dionysius turned to southern Italy. There he faced the Italiot League, a confederacy of important Greek…Sep 20Sep 20
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 12.2. Dionysius the LiberatorIn 397, Dionysius assembled a huge army of 80,000 men and a navy of 200 ships and sailed toward the western apex of Sicily, the stronghold…Sep 18Sep 18
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First Philosophers12.1 Dionysius the TyrantIn the dark ages of Greece between the Bronze Age and the birth of the alphabet in the eighth century BC, Greek civilization had spread far…Sep 16Sep 16