This article is composed of three parts and an epilogue. In the first part, its point is that in Stoicism allegory was part and parcel of philosophy, and the author endeavors to clarify the reason why ...

Is Atlantis a lost civilization or just a philosophical allegory? In this lively debate, father and daughter discuss the evidence for and against Atlantis, diving into Plato’s writings, geological ...

‘The Name of the Rose’. Author: Umberto Eco. Publisher: Bompiani/1980. Pages: 497 When first published, this first novel by semiologist Umberto Eco was a worldwide sensation. Some 50 million copies of ...

An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction.