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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Galen influencedBy Plato
Walter Pater influencedBy Plato
Plato's Republic author Plato
Hekademos associatedWith Plato
Speusippus relative Plato
Speusippus uncle Plato
Speusippus predecessor Plato
Speusippus influencedBy Plato
Xenocrates follows Plato
Xenocrates studentOf Plato
Xenocrates influencedBy Plato
Divided Line creator Plato
Glaucon brotherOf Plato
Cephalus createdBy Plato
late Plato appliesTo Plato
subject surface form: Late Plato
the Athenian Stranger createdBy Plato
subject surface form: Athenian Stranger
Politikos author Plato
Young Socrates creator Plato
Ion (rhapsode) createdBy Plato
Euthydemus (sophist) portrayedBy Plato
subject surface form: Euthydemus
Euthydemus (sophist) focusOfCritiqueBy Plato
subject surface form: Euthydemus
Republic Book VI author Plato
Adeimantus createdBy Plato
Eleatic Stranger creator Plato
Platonic corpus hasAuthor Plato
Republic Book VII author Plato
Plato's Charmides author Plato