Martin Peterson wasn’t surprised when he had to excise two units on race and gender ideology from a philosophy course. What did shock him was that the ban included readings from Plato’s “Symposium.” ...

Texas A&M University’s new policy banning classroom advocacy for race and gender ideology has sparked controversy after a ...

Martin Peterson has taught philosophy at Texas A&M University for more than a decade, but now the school has barred him from ...

Plato, Socrates, and Aristophanes are too woke for Texas now.

In the latest move in Texas' campaign to bar gender and race ideology from education, an intro-level philosophy course at ...

The Greek philosopher urged his students to seek the truth — even when it was uncomfortable or controversial. Universities should, too.

Even in ancient Greece, people worried about philosophy’s subversive effect on tender minds.

University flagged ‘material advocating race,’ ‘gender ideology’ that included Plato readings A philosophy professor says Texas A&M University recently demanded that he remove sections about “race” ...

Philosophy professors say Texas A&M's decision to restrict Plato readings in a core course reflects a troubling ...

There’s a sense of triumphalism in the headlines. “Texas A&M is banning Plato, citing his ‘gender ideology,’” one caption at ...

Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

Sometimes, even the newest ideas have ancient roots. Take, for example, neoconservatism, the radical philosophy that supposedly guided the Bush administration’s ill-fated foreign policy decisions. Who ...