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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plato canonical | 383 |
| Platon | 2 |
| Plato and Aristotle agree on fundamental philosophical principles | 1 |
| Plato and Aristotle are fundamentally in agreement | 1 |
| ancient Greek philosopher Plato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato Context triple: [The Death of Socrates, depicts, Plato]
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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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C.
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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D.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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E.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato Target entity description: 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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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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C.
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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D.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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E.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
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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
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circa 428/427 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 348/347 BC ⓘ |
| era |
Ancient philosophy
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Classical Greek period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| founded | Academy of Athens ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Socratic dialogue
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalConcept |
Ptah
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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
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Aristotle ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Plotinus ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| influencedBy |
Heraclitus
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Parmenides ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave)
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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
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Platonism ⓘ |
| name | Plato self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apology
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Plato Description of subject: Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
Referenced by (388)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Form of the Good
subject surface form:
Euthydemus