Plato wrote The Republic around 375 BC, making it 2,400 years old. Yet it has continued to reverberate throughout the entire subsequent history of Western philosophy. Any serious philosopher since has had to reference their ideas to the framework Plato originally set down in ancient Greece.
What does Plato’s philosophy still have to say to us about the questions we face today? Have we yet managed to find our way out of Plato’s ‘cave’ or are we still flailing about in ignorance in the dark?
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About David Perks
David Perks was the founder of the East London Science School, which opened in 2013. He was the principal until retiring in 2021, and taught physics, philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. David is an enthusiast for teaching philosophy in schools and made ethics a compulsory part of the curriculum from Year 7. He now runs the Classical Philosophy Reading Group, which is encouraging people to read and discuss Plato’s Socratic dialogues.
Image: An Illustration of The Allegory of the Cave, from Plato's Republic by 4edges, free on Wikimedia Commons.