BIOGRAPHY — Platon Platon is one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers, having photographed more world leaders than anyone else in history, including six American presidents
Plato - Wikipedia Plato's most famous contribution is his Theory of Forms (or Ideas), which aims to solve what is now known as the problem of universals He was influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself
Plato | Life, Philosophy, Works | Britannica Plato (born 428 427 bce, Athens, Greece—died 348 347, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c 470–399 bce), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 bce), and founder of the Academy He is best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence and is one of the major figures of Classical antiquity
Plato (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Plato (429?–347 B C E ) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy
Plato | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Plato is one of the world’s best known and most widely read and studied philosophers He was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle, and he wrote in the middle of the fourth century B C E in ancient Greece
Plato: Biography, Greek Philosopher, Quotes, Platonic Academy Ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle His writings explored justice, beauty and equality, and also contained discussions in aesthetics, political
Plato - New World Encyclopedia Plato (c 428 B C E – c 348 B C E ) was a Greek philosopher and is perhaps the most famous and influential thinker in the history of Western thought He was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle He founded the Academy in Athens where he lectured and taught
Plato - Philosophy Pages The son of wealthy and influential Athenian parents, Plato began his philosophical career as a student of Socrates When the master died, Plato travelled to Egypt and Italy, studied with students of Pythagoras, and spent several years advising the ruling family of Syracuse
Plato - World History Encyclopedia According to the later writer Diogenes Laertius (l c 180 to c 240, and considered often unreliable), his birth name was Aristocles, and "Plato" was a nickname given him by his wrestling coach because of his broad shoulders (in Greek, Platon means broad)