title: Studies in Greek Philosophy, Vol. 2: Socrates, Plato, and their tradition
author: Gregory Vlastos
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  # The Complete Plato
  
  
  ## Plato
  
  
  (Translator:
  
  
  Benjamin Jowett)
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  **Published:** -347  
  
  
  **Categorie(s):** Non-Fiction, Philosophy  
  
  
  **Source:** http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/
  
  
  
  
  
  **About Plato:**  
  
  
  Plato (Greek: Plátōn, "wide, broad-shouldered") (428/427 BC –
  
  
  348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the
  
  
  great trio of ancient Greeks –Socrates, Plato, originally named
  
  
  Aristocles, and Aristotle– who between them laid the philosophical
  
  
  foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician,
  
  
  writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in
  
  
  Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western
  
  
  world. Plato is widely believed to have been a student of Socrates
  
  
  and to have been deeply influenced by his teacher's unjust death.
  
  
  Plato's brilliance as a writer and thinker can be w