Plato

Portrait of Plato

Founder of the Academy · Philosopher of Athens · 428–348 BC

Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle — philosopher of the eternal Forms.

Explore the life of Plato — five chapters

  1. An Aristocrat in a Democracy — Athens in triumph and crisis
  2. The Death of Socrates — A trauma that shaped a philosophy
  3. The Theory of Forms — The idea that reality lies beyond the senses
  4. The Republic and the Academy — An ideal state and a lasting school
  5. The Whole of Philosophy, a Footnote — Two and a half thousand years of influence

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Teach what Plato discovered

The Socratic Method · Plato's Theory of Forms — ideas Plato is tied to on the Living Knowledge Map. On Incandio you prove you understand one by teaching it to Ember, the AI pupil, in Teach the Room.

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