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Plato
Plato (c. 427 – 347 BC) was one of the most important philosophers of all time.[1][2][3] Born to wealthy parents in Athens, Greece,[3] Plato was a student of Socrates[1][3] (who did not write) and, later, became the teacher of Aristotle.[1] Plato started a university in Athens called the Academy where he taught.[3] Plato wrote about many ideas in philosophy that are still talked about today, including political philosophy and the philosophy of language.[1] One modern scholar, Alfred North Whitehead, said that all European philosophy since Plato is a series of footnotes to his works.[4]
Dialogues
[change | change source]Plato wrote his books in the form of conversations called dialogues. In a dialogue, two or more people talk about ideas and sometimes disagree over them. The Laws is Plato's longest dialogue and probably his last.[5]
Socrates is usually the
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Life of Plato
Biography of the ancient Greek philosopher
Plato (Ancient Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; c. 428/427 – c. 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greekphilosopher, the second of the trio of ancient Greeks including Socrates and Aristotle credited with laying the philosophical foundations of Western culture.[1]
Little can be known about Plato's early life and education due to the very limited accounts. Plato came from one of the wealthiest and most politically active families in Athens. Ancient sources describe him as a bright though modest boy who excelled in his studies. His father contributed everything necessary to give to his son a good education, and Plato therefore must have been instructed in grammar, music, gymnastics and philosophy by some of the most distinguished teachers of his era.
Birthdate and birthplace
[edit]The specific birthdate of Plato is not known. Based on ancient sources, most modern scholars estimate that Plato was born between 428 and 427 BC.
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Plato's theory of soul
Plato's konto of the soul as consisting of logical, spirited, and appetitive parts
Plato's theory of thesoul, which was inspired variously by the teachings of Socrates, considered the psyche (Ancient Greek: ψῡχή, romanized: psūkhḗ) to be the essence of a person, being that which decides how people behave. Plato considered this essence to be an incorporeal, eternal occupant of a person's being. Plato said that even after death, the soul exists and is able to think. He believed that as bodies die, the soul is continually reborn (metempsychosis) in subsequent bodies. Plato divided the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit, which houses anger, as well as other spirited emotions), and the epithymetikon (appetite or desire, which houses the desire for physical pleasures).[2][3]
The conception of the soul
[edit]Plato was the first known person in the history of western philosophy to b