Plato

Historical Context

• 600 BC, Athens
• History's first true philosopher
• Socrates' student
• Started a school called academy

Terms

• Eudaimoni: Fulfillment
• Theory of Forms: All things has an ideal form that exists outside the physical realm. All cats are cats because it draws from the ideal of a cat.
• Allegory of the Cave

"Aristotelian" ideas are often Scientific, Bottom up, Nature based. This is generally seen as the flip side of "Platonic" - which is Mathematical, idealized/theoritical.

Ideas

• Think more
  • Know yourself
  • Socratic Discussion
• Let your lover change you
• Decode the message of beauty(why are beautiful things beautiful)
• Reform Society

Idea of a Three Part Soul

According to Plato, soul has 3 parts...