In Plato’s Theætetus, Socrates presents the young Theætetus with a number of difficult contradictions. This is the exchange that ensues: S: I believe that you follow me, Theaetetus; for I suspect that ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. An ancient, charred scroll that once lied beneath the ashes of Mount Vesuvius has unveiled the true resting place of Plato—and a bizarre detail about ...