Famous Aesthetician: Plato

By Jagran Josh

Dec 6, 2012, 17:11 IST

Plato was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens.

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Name: Plato

Born: c. 428–427 BC[1]

Birthplace: Athens

Died: c. 348–347 BC (aged c. 80)

Deathplace: Athens

Nationality: Greek

Known for: Platonic realism

Influenced by: Socrates, Homer, Hesiod, Aristophanes, Aesop, Protagoras, Parmenides, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Orphism

Influenced: Most of subsequent western philosophy, including Aristotle, Augustine, Neoplatonism, Cicero, Plutarch, Stoicism, Anselm, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Mill, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Gadamer, Imam Khomeini, Russell and countless other philosophers and theologian

Name: Plato

Born: c. 428–427 BC[1]

Birthplace: Athens

Died: c. 348–347 BC (aged c. 80)

Deathplace: Athens

Nationality: Greek

Known for: Platonic realism

Influenced by: Socrates, Homer, Hesiod, Aristophanes, Aesop, Protagoras, Parmenides, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Orphism

Influenced: Most of subsequent western philosophy, including Aristotle, Augustine, Neoplatonism, Cicero, Plutarch, Stoicism, Anselm, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Mill, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Gadamer, Imam Khomeini, Russell and countless other philosophers and theologians

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Famous Aesthetician: Plato

Plato was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens.

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