Plato
Socratic pupil, teacher
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher (c. 428–348 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.
His dialogues—featuring Socrates as interlocutor—established foundational questions in Western philosophy about reality, knowledge, ethics, and politics.
Platonic derives from his name, describing non-physical love or ideal forms: Their relationship remained platonic.
The allegory of the cave and the Republic remain touchstones of philosophical education.
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- politicsGovernmental power struggles
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
ontology · dualism · soul · immortality · justice · virtue · knowledge · opinion
Standards of perfection
- universalsProperties holding across all
- essencesFundamental natures or extracts
- archetypesUniversal symbolic patterns
- eternalLasting without end
immutable · transcendent · particulars · participation · the Good · abstract · mimesis · imitation
Greece's capital city
- schoolPlace of instruction
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
philosophy · education · scholars · lectures · curriculum · grove · olive trees · geometry
Ancient Athenian questioning philosopher
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
refutation · interlocutor · examined life · cross-examination · definition · ignorance · wisdom · trial
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- politicsGovernmental power struggles
aesthetics · ontology · dualism · soul · immortality · justice · virtue · knowledge · opinion · reality
ideals
Standards of perfection
- universalsProperties holding across all
- essencesFundamental natures or extracts
- archetypesUniversal symbolic patterns
eternal · immutable · transcendent · particulars · participation · the Good · abstract · mimesis · imitation · copy
Athens
Greece's capital city
teaching · philosophy · education · scholars · lectures · curriculum · grove · olive trees · geometry · mathematics
Socrates
Ancient Athenian questioning philosopher
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
irony · refutation · interlocutor · examined life · cross-examination · definition · ignorance · wisdom · trial · hemlock
Republic
State without monarchy
- SymposiumFormal academic conference
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Hellenic
- Greek cultureGreece, Greek mythology, Greek history, Greek cuisine, Greek gods
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Aristotle
PlatoAristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
John Locke · empiricists · Francis Bacon · David Hume · Democritus
PlatoDemocritus
Ancient atomism's founder
Epicurus · Lucretius · Thomas Hobbes · Karl Marx · Heraclitus
Platodemocrats
Believers in popular sovereignty
Pericles · John Locke · Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Thomas Jefferson · Machiavelli
- platonic loveEmotional bond sans desire
- Plato's RepublicGreek dialogue on justice
- platonic idealFlawless non-sexual relationship model
- Plato's CaveAllegory about illusion versus reality
- Plato's AcademyAncient Greek philosophy school
- platonic attractionNonsexual interpersonal draw