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c. 428 – c. 348 B.C.
Plato
Worth knowing
- A student of Socrates, a teacher of Aristotle, and the founder of the Academy at Athens.
- He wrote in dialogue, so his own view is never quite the last word — the Cave, the Forms and the immortal soul all arrive as conversations.
- Justin Martyr worked through the Platonists before he became a Christian, and never entirely put them down.
The book
Who else was alive
Plato against everyone else in the game.