Plato became one of the most influential philosophers in history by asking questions that civilizations are still arguing about more than two thousand years later.

This full biography follows Plato from the political violence of ancient Athens and the execution of his teacher Socrates to the creation of the Academy, the theory of Forms, the Allegory of the Cave, the philosopher-king, and his extraordinary attempts to bring philosophy close to real political power in Syracuse.

Discover how Plato explored justice, knowledge, education, desire, democracy, political authority, beauty, the soul, and the difference between appearance and reality — while continually questioning and revising even his own ideas.

Plato did not leave behind one simple doctrine. He created a way of thinking that shaped philosophy, politics, theology, education, and intellectual life for more than two millennia.

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