Plato

Born

in Athens, Greece

February 24, 0428

Died

April 17, 0348

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/

Genre

Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics

Influences

Socrates, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Aristippus

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(Greek: Πλάτων) (Arabic: أفلاطون) (Alternate Spelling: Platon/Platón)
Plato is a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

Plato is one of the most important Western philosophers, exerting influence on virtually every figure in philosophy after him. His dialogue The Republic is known as the first comprehensive work on political philosophy. Plato also contributed foundationally to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. His student, Aristotle, is also an extr ...more

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	The Republic by Plato, Desmond Lee (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 121,633 ratings — published -380 — 835 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Symposium 4.01 avg rating — 27,719 ratings — published -385 — 455 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (Translator), John M. Cooper (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 22,583 ratings — published -400 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apology by Plato, James J. Helm (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 21,941 ratings — published -390 — 303 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (Translator), John M. Cooper (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 13,549 ratings — published -385 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (Translator), John M. Cooper (editor) 4.33 avg rating — 9,044 ratings — published -385 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phaedo by Plato, David Gallop (Translator ), R.D. Archer-Hind (editor) 4.01 avg rating — 6,858 ratings — published -380 — 265 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gorgias by Plato, Walter Hamilton (Translator), Chris Emlyn-Jones (Commentary) 3.91 avg rating — 6,415 ratings — published -380 — 211 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Euthyphro by Plato, Chris Emlyn-Jones 3.88 avg rating — 4,718 ratings — published -399 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meno by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (translator) 3.93 avg rating — 4,727 ratings — published -390 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Platon (5 books)
by Plato, Jan Stolpe (Translator)
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

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“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
― Plato

tags: love, poetry, song

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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”
― Plato

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