Plato - Wikipedia Plato ( ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; born c 428–423 BC, died 348 347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms
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
Plato - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy In some of his writings, Plato’s characters refer ahead to the continuation of their conversations on another day, or refer back to conversations they had recently: thus Plato signals to us that we should read Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesman sequentially; and similarly, since the opening of Timaeus refers us back to Republic, Plato is
Plato - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Plato’s middle to later works, including his most famous work, the Republic, are generally regarded as providing Plato’s own philosophy, where the main character in effect speaks for Plato himself
Life of Plato of Athens - World History Encyclopedia Plato of Athens (424 or 423 to 347 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose work is considered so important that he may be called the inventor of philosophy as we understand the term today Some
Plato and his philosophy of Platonism | Britannica Plato , (born 428 427, Athens, Greece—died 348 347 bc, Athens), Greek philosopher, who with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture