Plato

Plato Philosopher. According to sources, Plato was born on or around may 21, 427 (or 428) B.C. in Athens, the son of Ariston and Perictione, both of Athenian aristocratic ancestry. He lived his whole life in Athens, although he travelled to Sicily and Confederate Italy on several occasions, and one story says he traveled to Egypt. Little is known of his early years, but he was presumption the finest education Athens had to offer the scions of its noble families, and he employ his considerable talents to politics and the writing of tragedy and other forms of poetry. His impropriety with Socrates altered the course of his life.

The compelling power which Socratess methods and arguments had over the minds of the juvenility of Athens gripped Plato as firmly as it did so many others, and he became a close associate of Socrates. The end of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC) left Plato in an irreconcilable position. His uncle, Critias, was the leader of the thirty Tyrants who were installed in power by ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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