PHILOSOPHY

“love of wisdom”
PLATO
IN REACHING
EUDAIMONIA
 GENERAL FACTS

• 427-347 BCE
• Son of wealthy and influential Athenians
• Student of Socrates
• Aristotle was a student at his “Academy” in
Athens
EARLY PHILOSOPHICAL LIFE

• Studied with Socrates

• When Socrates died, Plato traveled to Egypt
and Italy, studied with students of Pythagoras,
and spent several years advising the ruling
family of Syracuse
• In 386 BCE, he returned to Athens and
founded his own school of philosophy , the
Academy
LITERARY WORKS &
the DIALOGUE
FORM
DIALOGUES
WHAT? WHY?
• Dialogues – are beautifully crafted scripts of
imaginary discussions in which Socrates is
allotted a starring role.
• Enabled Plato to present contrasting points of
views as they would likely occur in the series of
conversations taking place among individuals
having different points of views.
TRANSITION OF PLATO’S WORKS
Stylometry Content Analysis

• The Early Dialogues : Examining life

– The quest for definition
– Definition and recollection
• The Middle Period: Justice and Other Virtues
– The needy nature of human beings
– Virtues of state and soul
TRANSITION OF PLATO’S WORKS
Stylometry Content Analysis

• The Later Dialogues: Ethics and Dialectic

– Happiness and the desire for self-completion
– The quest for method
• The Late Dialogues
– Harmony and cosmic goodness
– Measure for measure
FAMOUS WRITINGS

• The Republic
• The Symposium
• The Laws
• The Meno
• The Apology
BEST IDEAS

• TRIPARTITE SOUL
• THE CHARIOTEER
• ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
• THEORY OF FORMS
• LEARNING IS RECOLLECTION
• PHILOSOPHER KING
SIGNIFICANCE OF PLATO’S
PHILOSOPHY

MAN

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION
IN THE NUTSHELL…

• Think More
• Reform Society
• Be Good
SOURCES:
Frede, Dorothea, "Plato's Ethics: An Overview", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter
2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL =
<https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2017/entries/plato-ethics/>.

Kraut, Richard, "Plato", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N.
Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/plato/>.

Meinwald, Constance C.. "Plato". Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May. 2020,

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato. Accessed 13 February 2021.

Murphy, Madonna, “Plato’s Philosophy of Education and the Common Core”, Conference Paper
Association for Development of Philosophy Teaching (Spring Conference), 25 April, 2015.

https://iep.utm.edu/plato/
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/plato
THANK YOU!!!
TRIPARTITE SOUL
THE CHARIOTEER
THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
THEORY OF FORMS