Plato Definition

plātō
pronoun

Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC, follower of Socrates.

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A male given name.
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Origin of Plato

  • Via Latin, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Platōn), from πλατύς (platus, “broad, wide"), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence.

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Plato Sentence Examples

  • In 1867 and 1868 he was crowned by the Academy of Moral Science for his work on Plato and Socrates.

  • This is substantially the view set forth in the Timaeus of Plato (§ 7 1 c).

  • The image of Jesus was crowned along with those of Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle.

  • Ritchie, " that, in the various dialogues in which Plato speaks of immortality, the arguments seem to be of different kinds, and most of them quite unconnected with one another.

  • The new method of definition which Socrates applied to problems of human conduct was extended by Plato to the whole universe of the knowable.

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