The most famous of Socrates's pupils was an aristocratic young man named Plato. After the death of Socrates, Plato carried on much of his former teacher's work and eventually ...

A brief discussion of the life and works of Plato, with links to electronic texts and additional information.

Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.E.) developed such distinct areas of philosophy as epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His deep influence on Western philosophy is asserted in ...

Includes biography and a chronological history of his writing and work. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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I. Life and Works. Plato was born in Athens in the year 428 or 427 B.C.E. He was of a noble family and was related through ...

Plato (Greek: ??????, Plát?n, "broad") (428/427 BC ? 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle ...

On truth from reality - a discussion of the philosophy / metaphysics of Plato and the importance of philosophy to humanity. Collection of Plato quotes (The Republic), pictures and ...

To Plato society was to break down to those few who were to be the philosopher kings, and the rest of us, who were to be treated like labouring beasts of the field.