Plato
OriginGreece
Era428 BC
SchoolAncient
About Plato
Founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning. The Theory of Forms argues reality is merely shadows of perfect ideals. The Allegory of the Cave is the most famous thought experiment. Wrote 36 dialogues, most featuring Socrates as the main character. His student Aristotle then disagreed with almost everything.
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The father of Western philosophy. Never wrote anything down, all we know comes from Plato....
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