A few semesters ago in my philosophy class I had a student who told me that he was autistic. At that time my lessons touched on Socrates—whom I felt it could have a negative impact on a person ...

Marble statues of the Greek philosophers Socrates, right, and Plato sit in front of the Athens Academy. Socrates tried and failed to teach Alcibiades, a controversial political and military leader in ...

THERE is on occasion a crisis in the life of a man that at the same time constitutes a crucial moment in the life of humanity. Such was what may, by not too forced a metaphor, be called the high ...

Socrates was notoriously annoying. He was likened to a gadfly buzzing around while one is trying to sleep. The Oracle of Delphi declared him the wisest of all human beings. His life and death would go ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American If chocolate releases the same chemicals in ...