Plato

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Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher
author
dialogue writer
epistemologist
founder of educational institution
metaphysician
philosopher
political philosopher
associatedWith Academy of Athens
birthName Aristocles
countryOfCitizenship Classical Athens
dateOfBirth circa 424/423 BC
circa 428/427 BC
dateOfDeath circa 348/347 BC
era Ancient philosophy
Classical Greek period
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork epistemology
ethics
metaphysics
philosophy of education
philosophy of language
political philosophy
founded Academy of Athens
gender male
genre Socratic dialogue
philosophical dialogue
hasPhilosophicalConcept Demiurge (in Timaeus)
linked to: Ptah

Platonic Form
Platonic solids
anamnesis (recollection)
division of the line
immortality of the soul
noble lie
philosopher-king
the Good (Form of the Good)
world of Forms
influenced Alfred North Whitehead
Aristotle
Augustine of Hippo
G. W. F. Hegel
Immanuel Kant
Plotinus
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Heraclitus
Parmenides
Pythagoras
Socrates
knownFor Allegory of the Cave
Platonic love
Platonic realism
linked to: Platonism

doctrine of recollection
ideal state theory
theory of Forms
linked to: Platonism

tripartite theory of the soul
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
movement Ancient Greek philosophy
Platonism
name Plato
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek
notableWork Apology
Charmides
Cratylus
Crito
Euthydemus
Euthyphro
Gorgias
Hippias Major
Hippias Minor
linked to: Hippias Major

Ion
Laches
Laws
Meno
Parmenides
Phaedo
Phaedrus
Philebus
Protagoras
linked to: Gorgias

Republic
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave)
Statesman
Symposium
linked to: Plato's Symposium

Theaetetus
Timaeus
placeOfBirth Aegina
Athens
placeOfDeath Athens
religion Ancient Greek religion
studentOf Socrates
teacherOf Aristotle

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The Death of Socrates depicts Plato
Socrates influenced Plato
Plato name Plato
Crito associatedWith Plato
Attic Greek usedBy Plato
Phaedo author Plato
Anaxagoras influenced Plato
Plato's Symposium author Plato
Xenophon contemporaryOf Plato
Aristippus associatedWith Plato
Heraclitus influenced Plato
Aristotle studentOf Plato
Aristotle influencedBy Plato
Hesiod influenced Plato
Parmenides influenced Plato
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff notableWork Platon
linked to: Plato
Aristocles givenNameOf Plato
Aristocles birthNameOf Plato
Aristocles notableBearer Plato
Platonism namedAfter Plato
Academy of Athens (ancient) foundedBy Plato
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
Academy of Athens (ancient) headOfSchool Plato
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
Republic author Plato
Apology author Plato
Laws author Plato
Statesman author Plato
Ion (dialogue) author Plato
subject linked to: Ion
Euthydemus author Plato
Pythagoras influenced Plato
Form of the Good centralInWorkOf Plato
subject linked to: the Good (Form of the Good)