Sophrosyne is the ancient Greek word for moderation, one of the four classical virtues. But what does Socrates’ definition of moderation really mean and how is it connected to another virtue: courage?

Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 1-18 (18 pages) This article argues for the recovery of an interior ignorance from Socrates's life of philosophy as a contribution to ...

Retired at last, after 36 years teaching at a private school just north of Washington, I’d like to offer some advice from “Mr. Chips.” In June, when I taught Plato’s “Dialogues” to my last students in ...