Sep 23, 2026 | Wednesday Quotes
The Ring of Gyges that makes you invisible is not the most famous image in Plato’s Republic. But this thought-provoking story might bring out a key way Christianity transcends even the best Greek philosophy. At issue: how important is it that we really be seen by...
Sep 3, 2025 | Wednesday Quotes
Socrates’s worldview never ceases to amaze me. As a Christian, I find the depth of his insight surprising, but more to the point, inspiring. If without divine revelation he discovered and lived out such convictions, how much more should I. There are several notable...
Oct 4, 2023 | Wednesday Quotes
The term ‘philosopher kings’ sticks in the head of students of ancient philosophy. In Plato’s Republic Socrates memorably asserts that “until philosophers take control of a city, there’ll be no respite from evil for either city or citizens…” Plato’s assertion here has...
Sep 27, 2023 | Wednesday Quotes
Discouragement, or at least its temptation, regularly accompanies intentional living. Even if we do not formulate it explicitly we find ourselves feeling “why do the good things I want have to be so difficult?” It is a consolation to know this is not unique to our...
Mar 30, 2022 | Wednesday Quotes
“I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says…” Socrates, in Plato’s Phaedrus “But when he came to himself…” The Prodigal Son Today I received an email from a student. He shared with me a moment of self-discovery. In class he had seen...
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