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Plato

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Athens, Greece

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Socrates, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Aristippus ...more

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Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, H ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 674,687 ratings · 33,009 reviews · 5,902 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Republic 3.97 avg rating — 235,030 ratings — published -400 — 2920 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 4.09 avg rating — 96,758 ratings — published -380 — 1356 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) 4.19 avg rating — 72,187 ratings — published -399 — 1142 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, John M. Cooper, G.M.A. Grube (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 48,006 ratings — published -400 — 428 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) 4.17 avg rating — 25,271 ratings — published -385 — 98 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) 4.07 avg rating — 17,525 ratings — published -380 — 986 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 3.94 avg rating — 15,574 ratings — published -380 — 926 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
	Plato: Complete Works by Plato, John M. Cooper (Editor), D.S. Hutchinson (Editor, Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 12,222 ratings — published -347 — 120 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
	Crito 3.92 avg rating — 12,262 ratings — published -385 — 243 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
	Phaedrus 3.96 avg rating — 12,022 ratings — published -370 — 529 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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