Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum
The Greek philosopher Plato-Socrates' student and Aristotle's teacher-died nearly 2,400 years ago, having produced a voluminous amount of writing on political philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, and more (he came up with Atlantis!). This week, researchers announced that they found the burial place of the famous...