These and other references enable us to reconstruct Plato's family tree. Plato gives little biographical information about himself in his works, but often referred some of his relatives with a great degree of precision, including his brothers Adeimantus and Glaucon, who debate with Socrates in the Republic. Based on ancient sources, most modern scholars believe that he was born in Athens or Aegina, between 428 and 423 BC. The exact time and place of Plato's birth are unknown. He belonged to an aristocratic and influential family. Little is known about Plato's early life and education. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." Biography Through Neoplatonism Plato also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy (through e.g. Although their popularity has fluctuated, Plato's works have consistently been read and studied. Unlike the work of nearly all of his contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years. Īlong with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. His own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been, along with Socrates, the pre-Socratics Pythagoras, Heraclitus and Parmenides, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant and much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself. He is also the namesake of Platonic love and the Platonic solids. His most famous contribution is the Theory of forms, where he presents a solution to the problem of universals. He raised problems for what later became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy.
Plato was an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. According to Alexander of Miletus quoted by Diogenes of Sinope his actual name was Aristocles, son of Ariston, of the deme Collytus ( Collytus being a district of Athens). Plato (or Platon) was a pen name derived from his nickname given to him by his wrestling coach – allegedly a reference to his physical broadness. In Athens, Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school where he taught the philosophical doctrines that would later became known as Platonism. Plato ( / ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ/ PLAY-toe Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Virtually all subsequent Western philosophy
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