Sam Woodward

DPhil (PhD) Student, Classics, University of Oxford, UK

Sam Woodward has a BA and MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is a DPhil (PhD) candidate in Classical Languages and Literature focusing on the relationship between sexuality and philosophy in the dialogues of Plato at the University of Oxford, UK.

Written by Sam Woodward

Ancient Greek marble relief showing three figures in a carved scene.

For Plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path

Why did such a keen proponent of reason turn to the Eleusinian Mysteries to explain his ideas about knowledge?

by Sam Woodward