PLATO

PLATO

• Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world

LIFE SPAN

• Died 348/347 BC (age c. 80) Athens
• Born 428/427 or 424/423 BC Athens

WHAT WAS HE KNOWN FOR

• Plato was the innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy, which originate with him.

FAMOUS QUOTES

• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
• You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation
• The beginning is the most important part of the work
• Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
• The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

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