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A brief discussion of the life and works of Plato, with links to electronic texts and additional information. ... Claudia Baracchi, Of Myth, Life, and War in Plato's Republic (Indiana, 2001) {Order from Amazon.com}
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www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm
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The war was followed by a rabid conservative religious movement that led to the execution of Plato's mentor, Socrates. Together these events forever altered the course of Plato's life.
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faculty.evansville.edu/tb2/trip/plato_life.htm
faculty.evansville.edu/tb2/trip/plato_life.htm
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Summary of Plato's legendary life and profound philosophical works, making him one of history's top 10 ancient philosophers, immortalized through his wisdom and eternal education. ... Plato was born in Athens, about 427 B.C., and died there about 347 B.C. In early life Plato saw war service and had political ambitions.
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www.briantaylor.com/Plato.htm
www.briantaylor.com/Plato.htm
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On his return to Athens, Plato founded a school, the Academy, where he taught mathematics and philosophy until his death. His teaching was interrupted by two more visits to Syracuse (367 and 361 B.C.), which he made in the vain hope of seeing his political ideals realized in Sicily...
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www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0860427.html
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Plato for Kids - the ancient Greek philosopher ... Plato is known today as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was born about 429 BC, close to the time when Pericles died, and he died in 347 BC, just after the birth of Alexander the Great. Plato was born in Athens, to a very wealthy and aristocratic family.
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www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/plato.ht...
www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/plato.htm
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Here is a biography on the life of Plato. It was created using the educational biographical framework. ... Birth of Plato: c. 428 B.C. Athens ... Stepfather active in the political and cultural life of Periclean Athens...
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712educators.about.com/cs/biographies/p/plato.htm
712educators.about.com/cs/biographies/p/plato.htm
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Accordingly, we must bear in mind that most of what we read on Plato's life and chronology is plain guess, hypotheses built on top of hypotheses by generations of scholars, starting with those ancient writers whose extant works constitute our primary sources.
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plato-dialogues.org/life.htm
plato-dialogues.org/life.htm
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Life of Plato ... Plato (Platon, "the broad shouldered") was born at Athens in 428 or 427 B.C. He came of an aristocratic and ... Towards the end of his life, Plato leaned more and more towards the Pythagorean number-theory, and, in the "Timaeus" especially, he is inclined to interpret the Ideas in terms of mathematics.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/12159a.htm
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