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Plato

Plato

c. 428–348 BCE

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Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. Founded the Academy and made asking better questions a lifelong craft — dialectic, justice, and the education of the soul.

Story so far

  1. c. 428 BCEpersonal

    Born in Athens

  2. c. 407 BCEhighlight

    Meets Socrates

  3. 404 BCEcontroversy

    Thirty Tyrants rule Athens

  4. 399 BCEpersonal

    Execution of Socrates

  5. c. 396 BCEwork

    Studies in Megara and beyond

  6. c. 385 BCEpersonal

    First trip to Syracuse

  7. c. 383 BCEhighlight

    Founds the Academy

  8. 367 BCEhighlight

    Aristotle joins the Academy

  9. 366–360 BCEcontroversy

    Second and third trips to Syracuse

  10. c. 360–348 BCEwork

    Final philosophical works

  11. 348/347 BCEdeath

    Death in Athens

  12. Posthumouslegacy

    Enduring philosophical legacy

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