The Student of Socrates
Plato
c. 428 BC - c. 348 BC
"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
Biography
An Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
Legacy
Plato is one of the most important and influential individuals in human history. His Theory of Forms and his work "The Republic," which details a just city-state, have been foundational to Western philosophy and political theory.