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Plato (Founded the Academy in 387BCE (-a centre of research and learning…
Plato
Founded
the Academy
in 387BCE
-a centre of research
and learning
-ancestor of modern
universities
-lasted for 300 years
-where many successful
people studied,
including
Aristotle
4 Main Ideas to
live a fulfilled life:
Think more
Examine opinions
Popular opinions (doxa)
edge us towards wrong values
Let your lover change you
‘True love is
admiration’
Right people help
us grow to our
full potential
Decode to the message of beauty
Reform society
Rational voting
Rulers become philosophers
Celebrities influence people
‘Guardians’
are ideally
wise and good; models
for citizens
Greek philosopher
Wrote many
famous textbooks
-
the Rebublic
-
Allegory of the Cave
-
the Symposium
-
the Apology
Goal: achieve a state
of fulfilment
Student of Socrates
Documented Socrates’s
philosophy and studies
Known as
‘Socratic Works’
Socrates challenged
men who claimed to
have expertise in
certain fields
Many lost
their jobs
He was eventually
executed for
‘corrupting minds’
Plato was greatly
affected and inspired
by Socrates’ life and
death
After Socrates’ death, Plato
travelled for 12 years
throughout the Mediterranean
region while studying and writing
Born to distinguished
arisocrat family
Often included siblings
in his textbooks
Alive circa 428-348BCE