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biography on plato. Plato Plato was born in Athens, in May or December into a
moderately well to do family. ... Plato's own real name was Aristocles. ...
plato. ... Moreover, Plato suggests a rigid hierarchy between the three classes:
Philosopher-king is the highest class, which is to rule. ...
Plato. According to Plato; justice is the excellence of our souls. ... Plato was
highly dissatisfied with the prevailing conditions in Athens. ...
Plato. Plato. By Michael McDaniel Plato was the best known of all the great Greek
philosophers. ... Born in Athens circa BC 427, Plato sought out political status. ...
Plato Vs Shelley. ... Plato believed that there is only one who “makes the essence of
the bed,” (44) the single idea and therefore that is the truth. ...
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Plato was a Greek philosopher during the 4th century BCE. He was born in 427BCE, during the “Golden Age of Athens.” His birth was three years after the Peloponnesian War began and one year after Pericles died from the plague. Plato was the son of Ariston, a descendant from the last king of Athens and Perictone, a descendant of Solon. Solon was an aristocratic reformer who wrote the constitution that established Athenian democracy. Plato’s family supported Pericles as leader of Athens.
Elected annually as the first citizen of aristocracy , Pericles ruled from 450 BCE until his death in 429 BCE. At the start of the 5th century BCE Athens had become a corrupt democracy. The Aristocratic families who owned the land were fighting the larger majority who were poor. The latter demanded for equal rights and representation. Pericles dominated Greek politics and expanded the Athenian Empire. He assisted in developing building projects that gave jobs to the poor, these building projects included the chief temple to Athena, the Goddess of wisdom.
He also supported the strengthening of a political doctrine that was for egalitarianism, equal rights of speech, political equality and material prosperity in trading and industry.
The Peloponnesian War pitted the Athenian democracy against the militaristic, authoritarian Spartans. In 404BCE after many years at war, the Athenian government surrendered. The rule of the thirty, a oligarchy of ancient Athens created by Lysander under Spartan auspices, took over the government. The aristocratic leaders conducted a vicious reign of terror. Among these leaders were Charmides (Plato’s uncle) and Critias (Plato’s cousin). The Rule of the thirty was overthrown at Piraeus (now Piraiévs) by Thrasybulus in 403BCE. After democracy was being restored and the rule of the thirty brought to an end, the Philosopher Socrates was charged with crimes against the government. His charges included impiety which is...
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