Also known as
  • Add other possible names for this topic
Plato (Greek: , Plátōn, "broad") (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his... full article at wikipedia
Gender
Date of birth
  • 426 B.C.
Place of birth
Country of nationality
Spouse (or domestic partner)
Employment history
Height
Weight
Places lived
Date of death
  • 346 B.C.
Place of death
Cause of death
Date of cremation
Place of cremation
Date of burial
Place of burial
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Plato" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .
Some quotations for Plato were provided from this page on QuotationsBook.com.
Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mw_template_bot 3 days ago
View topic history »
Gallery add edit

Map

Loading map...