Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the collection of philosophical theories that would later become known as Platonism.
- Occupation
- philosopher, epigrammatist, poet, writer
- Position held
- scholarch of the Platonic Academy
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Born
- 427 BC, 429 BC, 428 BC
- Died
- 347 BC, 348 BC
