Plato
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- Born:
- 428 BCE or 427 BCE Athens ancient Greece
- Died:
- 348 BCE or 347 BCE Athens ancient Greece
- Founder:
- Academy
- Notable Works:
- “Apology” “Charmides” “Cratylus” “Critias” “Crito” “Epigrams” “Euthydemus” “Euthyphro” “Gorgias” “Hippias Major” “Hippias Minor” “Ion” “Laches” “Laws” “Letters” “Lysis” “Menexenus” “Meno” “Parmenides” “Phaedo” “Phaedrus” “Philebus” “Protagoras” “Sophist” “Statesman” “Symposium” “The Republic” “Theaetetus” “Timaeus”
- Subjects Of Study:
- Demiurge immortality innate idea justice soul
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Plato, (born 428/427 bce, Athens, Greece—died 348/347, Athens), ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–399 bce), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 bce), and founder of the Academy, best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence. Building on the demonstration by Socrates that those regarded as experts in ethical matters did not have the understanding necessary for a good human life, Plato introduced the idea that their mistakes were due to their not engaging properly with a class of entities he called forms, chief examples of which were Justice, Beauty, and Equality. Whereas other thinkers—and Plato himself in ...(100 of 10137 words)