Plato

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ancient Greek philosopher author dialogue writer epistemologist founder of educational institution metaphysician philosopher political philosopher

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.

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Plato canonical 383
Platon 2
Plato and Aristotle agree on fundamental philosophical principles 1

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
author ⓘ
dialogue writer ⓘ
epistemologist ⓘ
founder of educational institution ⓘ
metaphysician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
associatedWith Academy of Athens ⓘ
birthName Aristocles ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Classical Athens ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 424/423 BC ⓘ
circa 428/427 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 348/347 BC ⓘ
era Ancient philosophy ⓘ
Classical Greek period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of education ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
founded Academy of Athens ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Socratic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalConcept Ptah ⓘ
surface form: Demiurge (in Timaeus)

the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
surface form: Platonic Form

Platonic solids ⓘ
anamnesis (recollection) ⓘ
division of the line ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
noble lie ⓘ
philosopher-king ⓘ
the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
world of Forms ⓘ
influenced Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Heraclitus ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Pythagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
knownFor Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) ⓘ
surface form: Allegory of the Cave

Platonic love ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Platonic realism

doctrine of recollection ⓘ
ideal state theory ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
surface form: theory of Forms

tripartite theory of the soul ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
name Plato self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork Apology ⓘ
Charmides ⓘ
Cratylus ⓘ
Crito ⓘ
Euthydemus ⓘ
Euthyphro ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Hippias Major ⓘ
Hippias Major ⓘ
surface form: Hippias Minor

Ion ⓘ
Laches ⓘ
Laws ⓘ
Meno ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Philebus ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
surface form: Protagoras

Republic ⓘ
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) ⓘ
Statesman ⓘ
Plato's Symposium ⓘ
surface form: Symposium

Theaetetus ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aegina ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
placeOfDeath Athens ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
studentOf Socrates ⓘ
teacherOf Aristotle ⓘ

Referenced by (388)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David → depicts → Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: The Death of Socrates
Socrates → influenced → Plato ⓘ
A History of Western Philosophy → discusses → Plato ⓘ
Plato → name → Plato self-link ⓘ
Crito → associatedWith → Plato ⓘ
Attic Greek → usedBy → Plato ⓘ
Phaedo → author → Plato ⓘ
Classical Athens → notablePhilosopher → Plato ⓘ
Apology of Socrates → author → Plato ⓘ
Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePhilosopher → Plato ⓘ
La Mort de Socrate → depicts → Plato ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Anaxagoras → influenced → Plato ⓘ
Plato's Symposium → author → Plato ⓘ
Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Plato ⓘ
Xenophon → contemporaryOf → Plato ⓘ
Western philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Plato ⓘ
Euclid of Megara → contemporaryOf → Plato ⓘ
Aristippus → associatedWith → Plato ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers → influenced → Plato ⓘ
St. Augustine → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Heraclitus → influenced → Plato ⓘ
Arthur Schopenhauer → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Aristotle → studentOf → Plato ⓘ
Aristotle → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Hesiod → influenced → Plato ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries → famousInitiate → Plato ⓘ
Justin Martyr → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Pico della Mirandola → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Philo of Alexandria → influencedBy → Plato ⓘ
Parmenides → influenced → Plato ⓘ
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff → notableWork → Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platon
Representative Men → subject → Plato ⓘ
Aristocles → givenNameOf → Plato ⓘ
Aristocles → birthNameOf → Plato ⓘ
Aristocles → notableBearer → Plato ⓘ
Platonism → namedAfter → Plato ⓘ
Platonism → hasMainProponent → Plato ⓘ
Academy of Athens → foundedBy → Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Academy of Athens → headOfSchool → Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Republic → author → Plato ⓘ
Apology → author → Plato ⓘ
Laws → author → Plato ⓘ
Statesman → author → Plato ⓘ
Ion → author → Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Euthydemus → author → Plato ⓘ
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) → author → Plato ⓘ
Pythagoras → influenced → Plato ⓘ
the Good (Form of the Good) → centralInWorkOf → Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of the Good