Plato

Tags: Philosopher.

Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/; Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn broad; 428/427 or 424/423 BC – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher as well as mathematician in Classical Greece and an influential figure in philosophy central in Western philosophy. He was Socrates’ student and founded the Academy in Athens the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with Socrates and his most-famous student Aristotle Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

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birth date

-428-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Athens, Classical Athens

death date

-348-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

death place

Classical Athens

era

Ancient philosophy

individualised GND number

118594893

influenced

Western philosophy

influenced by

Socrates, Aristophanes, Heraclitus, Hesiod, Homer, Parmenides, Protagoras, Pythagoras, Orphism (religion), Aesop

LCCN Id

n/79/139459

main interest

Art, Education, Epistemology, Justice, Politics, Rhetoric, Virtue, Family, Literature, Militarism

notableIdea

Platonic idealism, Platonic realism, Hyperuranion, Metaxy, Khôra, Theory of Forms

philosophicalSchool

Platonism

region

Western philosophy