| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Plato |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pla·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pl  t |
| DATES: | 427?–347? b.c. |
| Greek philosopher. A follower of Socrates, he presented his ideas through dramatic dialogues, in the most celebrated of which (The Republic) the interlocutors advocate a utopian society ruled by philosophers trained in Platonic metaphysics. He taught and wrote for much of his life at the Academy, which he founded near Athens in 386.
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