Plato (apr 4, 427 BC – apr 4, 348 BC)
Description:
- founder of the academy of Athens- recorded dialogues of Socrates
- distinction between realm of eternal, never changing ideal forms and everchanging realms of reality, where those ideal forms are imperfectly realised
- METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE and rationalism (deductive reasoning)
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Date:
apr 4, 427 BC
apr 4, 348 BC
~ 79 years