The Ancient Greek justice system, rooted in tribal honor, family loyalty, and social hierarchy, favored friends and punished ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...

Socrates, the famed Greek philosopher, made a rare public appearance on May 12, in the Ceremonial Courtroom of Manhattan’s Federal Courthouse. In fact, he took the corporeal form of famed defense ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write a weekly profile on the Great Books. In Aristotle’s Politics, an interesting anecdote about Thales the Milesian is ...