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Plato

Plato

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An ancient Greek thinker who studied with Socrates and taught Aristotle
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpleɪtoʊ/
translation icon : Platón
  • The uroboros is what Plato described as the first living thing in the universe-- an immortal, perfect creature.
  • Plato's Socrates
  • read Plato
  • Plato's Republic

Well, it's the part of us that Plato calls thummos.

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Examples

  • Perhaps I am like the famous inhabitants of Plato's cave, content to watch the mere shadows of reality.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The way I see it, and Plato agrees with me, is that there is what is, and then there is what we would like it to be.

  • The soul takes nothing with it into the next world, said Plato, except its education and culture.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You never think of Plato walking out of his house and down a road, do you?

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The philosopher lives above, his friend on ground level, as Plato deemed it should be.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Well, it's the part of us that Plato calls thummos.

  • In short, the Igbo society is described as achieving all that Plato hopes for with the "noble lie."

    Academic text (1999)
  • What is Plato's Allegory of the Cave?

  • Aristotle was once Plato's schoolboy.

  • The philosopher Plato, founded the Academy in Athens around 387 BC.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Plato comes from the Greek name Plátōn, which is from platos meaning 'broad' or 'wide', and a popular story says it began as a nickname for his broad shoulders. A helpful way to remember him is that Plato had 'broad' ideas and is known for wide, deep thinking.