Plato(428/427 Bce–337/336 Bce) The philosopher Plato was born to an aristocratic Athenian family. His father Ariston was said to be descended from the legendary King Codrus; the family of his mother Perictione was prominent in more historical...

PLATO. Plato (c. 428–348 BCE), a Greek philosopher and founder of the Athenian Academy, was an Athenian citizen of high birth who grew up during the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE). He was a member of the circle of young men who...

Plato (428–347 B.C.E.), born in Athens, was a philosopher and founder of a school, the Academy. He was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. Apart from a few letters, Plato's writing consists entirely of dialogues. These...

(born 428/427 &BC;, Athens, or Aegina, Greece—died 348/347, Athens) ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle—who between them laid the philosophical foundations of...

Plato was born into a wealthy, well-connected family of the old Athenian aristocracy (Davies 1971). He and his elder brothers Adeimantos and Glaukon (both of whom figure in the Republic) belonged to the circle of young men attached to Socrates, as did...

Freudian psychoanalysis places the Greek Oedipal myth, dramatised by Sophocles, as a timeless and universal frame to define father—son relations. Erotic longing for the mother, a key narrative element in the myth, creates feelings of violence and...

Since the early 1960s, the term plural society has been used to describe societies, usually at the level of independent states or colonial territories, characterized by sharp internal cleavages between ethnic, racial, religious or linguistic groups. By...

427-348? B.C. Greek Philosopher Although Plato himself did not contribute substantial works directly to science and mathematics, his philosophy and methods of education heavily influenced developments in these fields for many centuries. Many of his...

Plato (c.427–347 BC) is one of the earliest great philosophers and political thinkers in the Western tradition, and his works represent the major inheritance by Western political thought from the classical period. In some ways this is ironic; the...

(born 428/427, Athens, or Aegina, Greece—died 348/347 &BC;, Athens) Greek philosopher, who with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture. His family was highly distinguished; his father...

c. 428-c. 348 B.C. One of the most influential of ancient Greek philosophers and a student of Socrates. He Founded the Academy, a school of higher education that lasted nearly 1,000 years. Aristotle studied there for nearly 20 years. Plato wrote many...

. 427–348/7 BC. Earliest European philosopher of whom substantial works survive. Pupil of SOCRATES, founder of Academy (probably c.385 BC), teacher of ARISTOTLE. Lived mostly in Athens, with occasional visits to Sicily where he tried...

Ancient Greek philosopher who was one of the first to discuss fundamental economic concepts, particularly in his Republic and Laws (Book V). He advocated a DIVISION OF LABOUR based on different natural abilities, discussed the role of money and...

PLATO was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the University of Illinois and later taken over by Control Data Corporation (CDC), who provided the machines it ran on. PLATO ran for many years at the...