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Plato

Plato ( ; Greek: , ; born  BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the collection of philosophical theories that would later become known as Platonism.

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Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher from Athens who is widely regarded as one of the most foundational thinkers in Western philosophy, known for developing the dialogue and dialectic as philosophical forms. He founded the Academy, an influential philosophical school in Athens, where he taught ideas that became the basis for Platonism and shaped major areas of both theoretical and practical philosophy.

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Born: 428/427 BC
Died: 348/347 BC
Works: 3674

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Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/ PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; c. 427 – 348 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. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the…

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Quotes

“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
“Perception and knowledge could never be the same.”
“Neither perception nor true opinion, nor reason or explanation combined with true opinion could be knowledge… Then our art of midwifery declare to us that all the offspring that have been born are mere wind-eggs and not worth rearing… and if you remain barren, you will be less harsh and gentler to your associates, for you will have the wisdom not to think you know that which you do not know.”
“No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.”
“Knowledge is the food of the soul; and we must take care, my friend, that the Sophist does not deceive us when he praises what he sells, like the dealers wholesale or retail who sell the food of the body; for they praise indiscriminately all their goods, without knowing what are really beneficial or hurtful.”
“The wisdom which knows what are and are not dangers is opposed to the ignorance of them”

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Philosopher.name: Plato
Philosopher.era: Ancient Greek philosophy
Philosopher.image: Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.png
Philosopher.caption: Roman copy of a portrait bust
Philosopher.birth_date: 428/427 or 424/423 BC
Philosopher.birth_place: Athens
Philosopher.death_date: 348/347 BC (aged 75-80)
Philosopher.death_place: Athens
Philosopher.notable_students: Aristotle
Philosopher.main_interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics Political philosophy, Ethics
Philosopher.notable_works: Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo Meno Protagoras Gorgias Symposium Phaedrus Parmenides Theaetetus Republic Timaeus Laws
Philosopher.notable_ideas: Allegory of the cave Cardinal virtues Form of the Good Theory of forms Divisions of the soul Platonic love Platonic solids

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Citizenship: Classical Athens
Image: Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.jpg

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Commons category: Plato
date of birth: 0428-00-00
date of death: 0348-00-00
Commons Creator page: Plato
name in native language: Πλάτων
birth name: Ἀριστοκλῆς
Stack Exchange tag: philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/plato
P12749: Georg Lunge
P13311: Narni
significant place: Classical Athens

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Works in European collections

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Leges et epinomis :ad optimorum librorum fidem. 1

Plato’s works. 5.2, Doubtful and Innocent; 2. Thirteen Letters; 2.

Plato’s works. 3.2, Dialectic Talks; 2. Theaitetos

Platonis Dialogi Graece et Latine. [4],1, Immanuelis Bekkeri in Platonem a se editum commentaria critica : accedunt scholia

Platoni’s Opera omnia. 6.2, Meno et Euthyphro itemque incerti scriptoris Theages, Erastae et Hipparchus

Le Phedon de Platon

Platonis Opera omnia. 1,1, Apologia et Crito

Les lois de Platon

Platoni’s Opera omnia. 3.2, Politiae libr. VI - X

Platonis Opera omnia. 5,2, Cratylus

Platons Werke :griechisch und deutsch ; mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 9, Lysis

Les Lois de Platon

Plato’s works. Th. 1, vol. 2, Charmides, Euthyphron, Parmenides, Apology, Kriton, Ion, Hippias minor, Hipparchos, Minos, Alkibiades

Platonis Opera omnia. 2,1, Gorgias

Platons Werke :griechisch und deutsch ; mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 16

Tu Theiu Platōnos Hapanta Ta Sōzomena: Graecus contextus quàm diligentißimè cum emendatioribus exemplaribus collatus est: Latina interpretatio à quam plurimis superiorum editionum mendis expurgata = Divini Platonis Opera Omnia Qvae Exstant

Platonis Dialogi Graece et Latine. 3,2

Plato’s works. Th. 1, vol. 1, Phadros, Lysis, 1 oras, Laches

Platonis Opera omnia. Vol. 9, Sect. 1, Politicus, Minos

Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis Opera

Il dialogo di Platone, intitolato il Timeo, ouero della natura del mondo, tradotto di lingua greca in italiana da m. Sebastiano Erizzo, gentil'huomo venetiano. Et dal medesimo di molte vtili annotationi illustrato, et nuouamente mandato in luce da Girolamo Ruscelli

Platoni’s Opera omnia. Vol. 1, Sect. 1, Apologia et Crito

"Plato’s works. 1.1

Platons Werke :griechisch und deutsch ; mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 1

Eutyphron II

Platons Werke :griechisch und deutsch ; mit kritischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen. 14, Menon

Platonis quae exstant opera :accedunt Platonis quae feruntur scripta. 3, Parmenidem, Cratylum, Philebum et Convivium continens

Platonis Dialogi selecti. 1, Platonis Dialogi quatuor: Lysis, Charmides, Hippias maior, Phaedrus

Pensees de Platon sur la religion, la morale, la politique, recueillies et traduites par Victor Le Clerc.

Dialogues de Plato. Par le Traducteur de la République. Tome Second

ΠΛΑΤΩ Platonis Philosophi que exstant graece

Dialogues de Plato. Par le Traducteur de la République. Tome Premier

Fajdros. Ed. 2.

Obrona Sokratesa

Platonous, Sokratous apologia

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31 sections

Contents

Life
Socrates
Thirty tyrants and Trial of Socrates
Later philosophical development
Heraclitus and Parmenides
Mathematics
Pythagoreanism
Later years: Syracuse and the Academy
First trip to Syracuse
Foundation of the Academy
Second and third trips to Syracuse
Final years and death
Philosophy
The Forms
The Soul
Epistemology
Ethics
Politics
Rhetoric and poetry
Unwritten doctrines
Works
Themes
Textual sources and history
Authenticity
Chronology
Legacy
Medieval era
Modern
Notes
References
External links

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.