Plato contribution to philosophy
Socrates contribution to philosophy.
Plato: Early Life and Education
Plato was born around B.C., during the final years of the Golden Age of Pericles’ Athens. He was of noble Athenian lineage on both sides.
Plato contribution to philosophy
His father Ariston died when Plato was a child. His mother Perictione remarried the politician Pyrilampes. Plato grew up during the Peloponnesian War () and came of age around the time of Athens’ final defeat by Sparta and the political chaos that followed.
He was educated in philosophy, poetry and gymnastics by distinguished Athenian teachers including the philosopher Cratylus.
Plato's Influences
The young Plato became a devoted follower of Socrates—indeed, he was one of the youths Socrates was condemned for allegedly corrupting.
Plato’s recollections of Socrates’ lived-out philosophy and style of relentless questioning, the Socratic method, became the basis for his early dialogues. Plato’s dialogues, along with “Apologia,” his written account of the trial of Socrates, are viewed by historians as the most accur