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The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there: Then looking up and round the prospect wide, When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.
 Plato
Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialoguesa
founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world
Quelle: in "Greek Anthology"
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| born | * 427 BC, Athens or Aegina, Greece | |
| died | † 347 BC, Athena, Greece | |
| function | philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialoguesa | |
| known as | founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world | |
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| Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his teacher's unjust death.
Plato's sophistication as a writer is evident in his Socratic dialogues; thirty-five dialogues and thirteen letters have traditionally been ascribed to him, although modern scholarship doubts the authenticity of at least some of these. Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts. | |
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