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• Does Pope Francis' New Announcement Turn Pascal's Wager on its Head?
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• Plato's ideal government
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• Mary Beard's Greece: a walk on the wise side
  	Fri Jun 13, 2014 | theguardian.com Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, political theorist and critic, and universal guru, was – according to legend – a great walker. One story has it that...

• I instagram, therefore I am: From Descartes to the 'selfie'
  	Sat Dec 21, 2013 | haaretz.com Is the self autonomous, existing independently of its environment, or are we actually an inseparable part of a larger social web?

• Why Machiavelli Still Matters
  	Mon Dec 09, 2013 | nytimes.com 'The Prince' teaches that there are no friends in politics.

• Machiavelli Was Right
  	Wed Nov 20, 2013 | theatlantic.com The shocking lesson of The Prince isn’t that politics demands dirty hands, but that politicians shouldn’t care.

• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
  	Tue Sep 03, 2013 | blogs.scientificamerican.com The following is a parable grounded in science with an aim toward Socratic questioning. It’s dinnertime somewhere. A kid pushes a small pile of sautéed broccoli to ...

• Annabel Lyon's The Sweet Girl: Aristotle's Mystery Daughter
  	Tue Jun 04, 2013 | thedailybeast.com In November 2009, I met Margaret Atwood. This was at a grand party, the pinnacle of the Canadian literary-awards season—the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, where I was a...

• Philosophy Revived at Plato's Academy
  	Wed Aug 07, 2013 | greece.greekreporter.com Philosophers from around the world gathered at the place where their practice really had its roots - Plato's Academy - in an Athens neighborhood as part of a series of...

• Plato's Lie In The Soul (Article)
  	Tue Feb 22, 2011 | ancient.eu.com In his famous work Republic, Plato discusses the concept of the `True Lie' or the `Lie in the Soul'. Through a conversation between Socrates and Adeimantus (Plato's...

• British scientist uncovers 'secret messages' hidden in Plato's ancient text
  	Tue Jun 29, 2010 | dailymail.co.uk The codes suggest that Plato was a secret follower of the philosopher Pythagoras and shared his belief that the secrets to the universe lie in numbers and maths.

• Aristotle Quotes- BrainyQuote
  	Mon Jan 01, 2001 | brainyquote.com Enjoy the best Aristotle Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Aristotle, Greek Philosopher, Born 384 BC.

• Plato and Aristotle (Introduction to Greek Philosophy)
  	Thu Jan 30, 2014 Tom Richey provides students with an introduction to Greek philosophy, contrasting Plato's idealism with Aristotle's realism and comparing the basic premise of Plato's Republic with Ar...

• Introduction to Aristotle's System of Tragedy
  	Sun Aug 25, 2013 An intro to the tragedy formula as depicted in Aristotle's "Poetics."

• What Aristotle and Joshua Bell can teach us about persuasion - Conor Neill
  	Mon Jan 14, 2013 Imagine you are one of the world's greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an experiment: play inside a subway station and see if anyone stops to appreciate when you are str...

• Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
  	Sun Jan 06, 2013 Talk on the similarities, differences and lives of Greek Philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, respectively.

• Digital Aristotle: Thoughts on the Future of Education
  	Mon Nov 05, 2012 Some thoughts on teachers, students and the Future of Education.

• Aristotle Biography
  	Tue May 29, 2012 Aristotle 384 BC - 322 BC. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and teacher of many subjects, including; Physics, Metaphysics, Theater, Poetry, Politics, Government, Biology, Zoology, Eth...