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Plato's most famous contribution is his Theory of Forms (or Ideas), which aims to solve what is now known as the problem of universals. He was influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers …

Nov 28, 2025 · Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who produced works of unparalleled influence.

Mar 20, 2004 · Plato (429?–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential …

Plato’s middle to later works, including his most famous work, the Republic, are generally regarded as providing Plato’s own philosophy, where the main character in effect speaks for …

Nov 9, 2009 · The Athenian philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) is one of the most important figures of the Ancient Greek world and t...

Aug 9, 2023 · Ancient Greek philosopher Plato founded the Academy and is the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence in Western thought.

Nov 11, 2025 · Plato was a prominent ancient Greek philosopher from Athens who lived during the end of the 5th and beginning of the 4th century BCE. He was a student of Socrates and …

Plato , (born 428/427, Athens, Greece—died 348/347 bc, Athens), Greek philosopher, who with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle laid the philosophical foundations of Western …

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.