Plato's most famous contribution is his Theory of Forms (or Ideas), which aims to solve what is now known as the problem of universals. He was influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers …

5 days ago · Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who produced works of unparalleled influence.

Mar 20, 2004 · Plato (429?–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential …

Plato’s middle to later works, including his most famous work, the Republic, are generally regarded as providing Plato’s own philosophy, where the main character in effect speaks for …

Nov 9, 2009 · The Athenian philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) is one of the most important figures of the Ancient Greek world and t...

Dec 10, 2025 · Plato (427-347 BC) was a Greek philosopher. He studied under Socrates, and many of his Dialogues describe Socrates and the Socratic method as Socrates himself never …

Although not the first Greek philosopher, Plato is arguably the most famous and influential; the twentieth-century philosopher Alfred North Whitehead famously said that the history of …

May 12, 2025 · Plato was a famous and influential philosopher who founded an institution called the Academy. Plato learned from Socrates and shared his teacher's ideas through dialogues …

Oct 4, 2025 · Plato's Academy was founded by the Greek philosopher himself in 428/427 BC in Athens, and is considered to be the world's first university.

Plato , (born 428/427, Athens, Greece—died 348/347 bc, Athens), Greek philosopher, who with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle laid the philosophical foundations of Western …