He raised problems for what later became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy.
Plato was an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. According to Alexander of Miletus quoted by Diogenes of Sinope his actual name was Aristocles, son of Ariston, of the deme Collytus ( Collytus being a district of Athens). Plato (or Platon) was a pen name derived, apparently, from the nickname given to him by his wrestling coach – allegedly a reference to his physical broadness. In Athens, Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school where he taught the philosophical doctrines that would later become known as Platonism. Plato ( / ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ/ PLAY-toe Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Virtually all subsequent Western philosophy
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