Historical Figure
Plato
428 BC–348 BC
Greek philosopher
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Biography
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the collection of philosophical theories that would later become known as Platonism.
Artifacts (15)
Plato. The Apology of Plato (IA platoapologyofpl00ridd)
Riddell, James, 1823-1866, [from old catalog] ed Plamer, Edwin, 1824-1895, [from old catalog] ed
"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Basawan|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Gand, Juste de - Berruguete, Pedro - Platon (429-347 av. J. C.), philosophe grec, MI 655 ; Campana 391
Justus van Gent
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