We like to believe that all this magic and creativity is due to our new and shiny tools and our modern way of thinking. But ...

Plato sought to devise another and better system of government. In the Republic, which in my view is nothing more than a thought experiment, he conceived of an ideal state ruled by a small number ...

According to Plato, the “ideal” exists beyond our senses: There’s an ideal chair, an ideal justice, the perfect beauty, even—dare we say—an ideal selfie. He believed that pursuing this ...