Plato

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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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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

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the One influencedBy Plato
Συμπόσιον author Plato
Pausanias creator Plato
Pausanias dialogueBy Plato
the Form of Beauty describedBy Plato
subject surface form: Form of Beauty
Gorgias influenced Plato
Agathon creator Plato
Eryximachus createdBy Plato
Aristodemus createdBy Plato
Sophists criticizedBy Plato
Al-Farabi influencedBy Plato
Al-Kindi influencedBy Plato
Protagoras influenced Plato
Ionian school influenced Plato
Isocrates contemporaryOf Plato
Politics influencedBy Plato
Rhetoric influencedBy Plato
Boethius influencedBy Plato
Theophrastus educatedBy Plato
Theophrastus influencedBy Plato
Siris mentions Plato
Simone Weil influencedBy Plato
Atlantis describedBy Plato
Giovanni influencedBy Plato
subject surface form: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
poem "On Nature" influenced Plato
subject surface form: On Nature
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" author Plato
subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" author Plato
subject surface form: Sophist
Philolaus influenced Plato
Melissa Lane mainInterest Plato