Plato: One of the Earliest Philosophers

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The paper discusses how Plato disagreed with the Athenian oligarchy and saw in Dion a chance to impose his philosopher king, by teaching him the tenants of good governing that he had learned from Socrates. When Dion and Dionysus had a major disagreement, Plato sought to bring the family members into amicable relations. The paper explains that Dionysus II, however, had fooled Plato into coming to Syracuse, essentially confining him there so that he could not correspond with Dion.

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"Plato is one of western civilizations most important philosophers. He is often cited as being a crucial point in the development of critical and logical thought in the Greek classical milieu and he provides a basis for understanding how one analyzes life through reasoning and dialogue. His birth can tell us much about where he lived and in what type of culture he was raised within: Plato, born in Athens around 427 BC, was considered to be one of the earliest philosophers. He lived during the Age of Synthesis. After his father's death his mother married a friend of Pericles so he was politically connected to both the oligarchy and democracy. After the Peloponnesian War, his mother's brother and uncle tried to persuade him to join the oligarchical rulers of Athens ("Plato's Life" para.1)."

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