Plato's Life

Plato's life Plato was born in Athens in 427 BC and died in 347 B.C. In his early days, Plato saw war service and had political ambition. However, he never really sympathizes with Athenian democracy, and he could not join his heartfully to his government. His disciples were founded in 409 BC and were executed by the Democratic Party in 399 BC. It is a big blow. He left Athens and believed that the world would not work until "the king is a philosopher or a philosopher is king."

Plato's Lifetime and Works - Plato "Born in Influential Family ... Athens" Athens is the center of the Greek miracle, the reason being to understand the world. He was particularly influenced by Socrates, but after Athens and Sparta lost the 27-year-old Peloponnesos war, Socrates was suspected and sentenced to death. Socrates is interested in political and moral issues. In particular, on whether the boss is right to defend moral (cultural) relativism. Socrates believes that solving the problem of reason can solve the rational problem, especially when rational arguments and objections are used; the Socratic method is designed to reveal the truth I use a series of questions and answers.

When you compare the philosophical views of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, it is important to distinguish historical Socrates from Plato's Socrates. Socrates does not write anything by himself. Instead, Plato recorded the lives of Socrates in a dialogue. When you read most of Plato's work, it will look like a drama. With the passage of time after the death of Socrates, Plato's Socrates is not like a more historical Socrates like Plato. Historic Socrates was written by another Greek, Xenophan. Many scholars believe Plato 's death - apology, Krito, Fado and Itfero - in Socrates' dialogue are more accurate than depicting historical Socrates in some other works. Our understanding of Socrates is that he was seriously affected by Pythagoras, he was a monotheist - this caused accusations of other Greek heretics - by the Greeks Execution was a threat to society