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Plato's Dialogues #3
Phaedrus
Platon (MÖ 428/9-348/7): Atina’nın aristokrat gençlerinin gramer, müzik ve beden eğitiminden oluşan temel eğitimini aldıktan sonra filozof Kratylos’un öğrencisi olmuş, onun sayesinde Sokrates öncesi filozofların eserlerini tanımıştır. Bununla birlikte Platon’u en çok etkileyen düşünür Sokrates’tir, ancak tarihin en meşhur öğretmen öğrenci ikilisinin nerede ve nasıl karşılaştığına dair bilgiler çelişkilidir. Eserlerindeki atıflardan tanıştıkları sırada hocasının altmış, kendisinin de yirmi yaşlarında olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Siyasetle de ilgilenen Platon, Sokrates’in ölüme mahkûm edilişinin ardından bu uğraşından vazgeçip hocasının düşüncelerini geliştirmeye ve kendi felsefe sistemini kurmaya yönelmiştir. MÖ 387 yılında Batı dünyasının en uzun ömürlü eğitim kurumlarından Akademia’yı kuran Platon, felsefesini işlediği diyaloglardan Phaidros’ta aşk, güzellik ve retorik hakkındaki düşüncelerini dile getirmiştir.
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First published January 1, 371
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Plato
5,036 books8,527 followersPlato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
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