Plato
Plato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher who profoundly influenced Western philosophy.
He founded the Platonic Academy in Athens and developed the theory of forms, addressing the problem of universals.
Plato was influenced by pre-Socratic thinkers and his teacher Socrates, whose ideas he preserved through dialogues.
Along with Socrates and his student Aristotle, Plato is considered a central figure in philosophical history.
His works have survived intact for over 2,400 years, consistently studied and influencing Christian and Islamic philosophy.
Plato's impact on European philosophy is so significant that Alfred North Whitehead described it as a series of footnotes to Plato.
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The Republic
Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.
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The Republic
Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.
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The Symposium
Seven Athenians compete to define love. Socrates enters and shows it's a hunger for what you lack.
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Ethics
The Symposium
Seven Athenians compete to define love. Socrates enters and shows it's a hunger for what you lack.
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The Trial and Death of Socrates
Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.
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The Trial and Death of Socrates
Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.
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Early Socratic Dialogues
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
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Early Socratic Dialogues
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
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The Socratic Dialogues
From cave shadows to the form of beauty: the conversations that built Western philosophy.
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The Socratic Dialogues
From cave shadows to the form of beauty: the conversations that built Western philosophy.
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