Plato and Socrates (and a few other philosophers) have a plan to rescue us from ‘insanity’ and save the planet

‘The School of Athens’ by Raphael, depicting Plato (centre), with Aristotle, and Socrates (left), in profile in brown garb.

Imagine an intensive discussion about the ideal society between a philosophy professor of today and the Classical Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato, as well as the Dutch philosopher Baruch ‘Benedict’ Spinoza (1632–77) and the American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842–1910).