Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher born in 428 BC in Athens who studied under Socrates and founded the Academy in Athens, one of the earliest known organized schools. He was influenced by earlier philosophers like Socrates, Parmenides, and Pythagoras. Plato authored dialogues featuring Socrates discussing various philosophical ideas and established the foundations of Western philosophy focusing on ethics, politics, and epistemology.

1. PLATO
The Great Philosopher &
His Contribution in the Field
of Education

2. PLATO- at a glance
 Full name: Plato (Πλάτων)
 Born: 428–427 BC; Athens
 Died: 348–347 BC (age approx 80); Athens
 Era: Ancient philosophy
 Region: Western Philosophy
 Notable ideas: Platonic realism
 Influenced by:
Socrates, Homer, Hesiod, Aristophanes,Aesop
, Protagoras, Parmenides, Pythagoras,
Heraclitus, Orphism

3. Family
 Plato's father was Ariston and mother
was Perictione, whose family boasted of a
relationship with the famous
Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon.
 Besides Plato himself, Ariston and Perictione
had three other children; two sons,
Adeimantus and Glaucon, and a
daughter, Potone.

4. NAME
 Plato was named after his
grandfather Aristocles, but
his wrestling coach, Ariston of Argos, dubbed
him "Platon", meaning "broad" on account of
his robust figure.
 In the 21st century some scholars argued
that Plato was the original name of the
philosopher.

5. EDUCATION
 Plato's education, like any other Athenian
boy's, was physical as well as mental; he was
instructed in grammar (that is, reading and
writing), music, painting and gymnastics by
the most distinguished teachers of his time.
 Plato wrestled at the Isthmian games and did
extremely well and was well known.

6. P AT AND SOCRAT S
L O E
 Plato makes it clear in
his Apology of Socrates, that
he was a devoted young
follower.
 Plato never speaks in his own
voice in his dialogues. In
the Second Letter, it says, "no
writing of Plato exists or ever
will exist, but those now said
to be his are those of a
Socrates become beautiful
and new" (341c).

7. LATER LIFE
 Plato may have traveled
in Italy, Sicily, Egypt and Cyrene.
 Said to have returned to Athens at the age of
forty, Plato founded one of the earliest known
organized schools in Western Civilization on a
plot of land in the Grove of Hecademus or
Academus.

8. DEATH
 One story, based on a mutilated manuscript,
suggests Plato died in his bed, whilst a
young Thracian girl played the flute to him.
 Another tradition suggests Plato died at a
wedding feast.
 According to Tertullian, Plato simply died in his
sleep