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PLATO. Plato (c. 428–348 BCE), a Greek philosopher and founder of the Athenian Academy, was an Athenian citizen of high birth who grew up during the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE)...
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Plato
c. 428-c. 348 B.C.
One of the most influential of ancient Greek philosophers and a student of Socrates. He Founded the Academy, a school of higher education that lasted nearly 1,000 years. Arist...
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Plato
427-348? B.C.
Greek Philosopher
Although Plato himself did not contribute substantial works directly to science and mathematics, his philosophy and methods of education heavily influenced develo...
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Plato
Plato (428–347 B.C.E.), born in Athens, was a philosopher and founder of a school, the Academy. He was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. Apart from a few letters, Plato&...
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Plato(428/427 Bce–337/336 Bce)
The philosopher Plato was born to an aristocratic Athenian family. His father Ariston was said to be descended from the legendary King Codrus; the family of his m...
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The Greek philosopher Plato (428-347 BC) founded the Academy, one of the great philosophical schools of antiquity. His thought had enormous impact on the development of Western philosophy.Plato was bo...
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Plato stands at the center of philosophical thought in the ancient world. He was the first person to approach philosophical issues systematically, but it was the genius with which he treated those iss...
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Biography EssayPlato stands at the center of philosophical thought in the ancient world. He was the first person to approach philosophical issues systematically, but it was the genius with which he tr...
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One of the best known and most influential philosophers of all time, Plato has been admired for thousands of years as a teacher, writer, and student. His interests and knowledge were wide and varied, ...
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Plato, known as perhaps the greatest of all the ancient Greek philosophers and educators, was more interested in moral rather than natural (or scientific) philosophy. Nevertheless, he made many import...
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Plato's introduction of the world of forms a try to clarify the nature of qualities of the material and imaginary objects. He was trying to find the answer to how do we know if something has certain p...
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"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato," claimed Alfred North Whitehead in 1929's Process and Reality. Plato...
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"Society originates because the individual is not self-sufficient and no two of us is born exactly alike." How do those two assumptions/principles lead to Plato's ideal society being ruled by philosop...
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Plato's Book I of The Republics presents three fundamental views on justice which are exemplified in Thucydides' On Justice, Power and Human Nature. Justice is illustrated as speaking the p...
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I will be discussing Plato the famous philosopher in this paper. I will be explaining Plato's life and his history, discuss his influence on geometry and explain and give examples of modern day math ...
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From the Euthyphro dilemma, Plato argues that divine commands can never be genuinely moral. The divine commands are those belonging or coming from God. This argument stems from the idea that because G...
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Though the object of man's gaze rests solely upon image, there is more to a man than his appearance. Through the eyes of a man, you can see his soul. You can look deep inside his spirit, to see the...
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In our modern society, most of us assume that the object of science is knowledge. However, Plato's account of knowledge is vastly different from what the "commons" today perceive as knowledge an...
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Soul: spirit of person/ the spiritual part of a person, believed to exist after death.
`The moral and emotional parts of men's nature, essence, farvour'
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This essay attempts to present a critical analysis of the literary works of Plato. Plato's literary work span is wide containing issues pertaining to justice, social life, specific virtues, good ruler...
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Probably the greatest achievement in philosophy is for an individual to acknowledge the universal nature of the thing he desires to understand. The true form of an object is the universal nature of t...
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One philosopher with detailed recordings of his abstract thoughts and theories is Plato. In the Meno, Socrates' views in the quest for knowledge are challenged with the view that if we know what we ar...
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According to Plato, a just person can be related to a just society; both of them function similarly as a whole. Social justice occurs when each member of society plays the role for which his nature b...
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The Platonic theory of forms is very questionable as it states there is a flawless and timeless world, yet this world has a flaw at some point in time, which is known as our birth. Plato's theory sta...
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In this lesson, it talks about how Plato and Aristotle view knowledge and the process whereby it is obtained. They both point out that many epistemological concepts which they believe where knowledge...
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