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But Dionysius fell far short of expectations and suspected Dion, and later Plato, of conspiring against him. Plato accepted, hoping the experience would produce a philosopher king. Dion believed that Dionysius showed promise as an ideal leader. In 367 B.C.E., Plato was invited by Dion, a friend and disciple, to be the personal tutor of his nephew, Dionysius II, the new ruler of Syracuse (Sicily). Many prominent intellectual people schooled in The Academy including Aristotle. he founded one of the earliest known organized schools in Western Civilization, The Academy, on a plot of land in the Grove of Hecademus or Academus. Plato’s final years were spent at the Academy and with his writing. Over its years of operation, the Academy’s curriculum included astronomy, biology, mathematics, political theory and philosophy. The Academy operated until 529 C.E., when it was closed by Roman Emperor Justinian I, who feared it was a source of paganism and a threat to Christianity. On his return to the city, sometime around 385 B.C.E., Plato founded a school of learning, known as the Academy, which he presided over until his death. Plato travelled to Italy, Sicily, Egypt and Cyrene and returned Athens at the age of forty. Historians like Xenophon and Aristophanes present a different image of Socrates unlike the one shown by Plato. In the dialogues, Plato himself declares, “no writing of Plato exists or ever will exist, but those now said to be his are those of a Socrates become beautiful and new”. From Apology of Socrates, we can derive that Plato was the most devoted young follower of Socrates. During this time, or soon after, he began his extensive writing.Īs far as the actual relationship between Socrates and Plato is concerned. After Socrates’s death, Plato travelled for 12 years throughout the Mediterranean region, studying mathematics with the Pythagoreans in Italy, and geometry, geology, astronomy and religion in Egypt. Socrates’s methods of dialogue and debate impressed Plato so much that he soon he became a close associate and dedicated his life to the question of virtue and the formation of a noble character. One was meeting the great Greek philosopher Socrates. Later when he met Socrates, he burnt his poems and turned to philosophy.Īs a young man, Plato experienced two major events that set his course in life. At first he wrote dithyrambs and then turned into writing lyric poems and tragedies. In his youth, Plato took the profession of poetry. He was taught grammar, music, painting, and gymnastics by the most distinguished teachers in the Athens. Plato received the common Athenian education, both physical and mental. Later his wrestling coach dubbed him, “Platon” based on his broad and strong figure. Plato grew up in the household of six children which included a stepbrother, a sister, two brothers and a half-brother.Īccording to Diogenes, Plato was named after his grandfather Aristocles following the tradition of the naming the eldest son after the grandfather. Eventually, his mother married Pyrilampes, an ambassador to the Persian court several times. As per popular sources, his father is believed to have died when Plato was very young. Plato had three siblings, two brothers, Adeimantus and Glaucon, and a sister Potone. His mother, Perictione, is said to be related to the 6th century B.C.E. Plato’s father, Ariston, descended from the kings of Athens and Messenia. Both of his parents came from the Greek aristocracy. Plato was born between 424 and 423 B.C.E. His character was noble he was an aristocrat by birth and by temperament, an uncompromising idealist, hostile to everything base and vulgar. Plato was a poet and mystic, as well as a philosopher and dialectician combining, in a rare degree, great powers of logical analysis and abstract thought with wonderful poetic imagination and deep mystical feeling. Ed, Ph.Dįormer Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India