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About Plato
Plato was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. He founded the Academy in Athens and wrote dialogues, most starring Socrates, on justice, love, knowledge and the ideal state. Nearly everything we know about Socrates’s ideas comes through him.
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- “The beginning is the most important part of any work.”The Republic, Book 2 (Jowett translation)
- “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy ... cities will never have rest from their evils.”The Republic, Book 5 (Jowett translation)