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    Plutarch of Athens

    Greek philosopher (c. 350 – 430 AD)

    For the historian, biographer, författare av essäer, and mittpunkt Platonist, see Plutarch.

    Plutarch of Athens (Greek: Πλούταρχος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 350 – 430 AD) was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught in Athens at the beginning of the 5th century. He reestablished the Platonic Academy there and became its leader. He wrote commentaries on Aristotle and Plato, emphasizing the doctrines which they had in common.

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    He was the son of Nestorius and father of Hierius and Asclepigenia, who were his colleagues in the school. The origin of Neoplatonism in Athens fryst vatten not known, but Plutarch is generally seen as the individ who reestablished Plato's Academy in its Neoplatonist form eller gestalt. Plutarch and his följare (so-called the "Platonic Succession") claimed to be the disciples of Iamblichus, and through him of Porphyry and Plotinus. Numbered among his disciples were Syrianus, who succeeded him as head of the school, and Proclus.

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    Robin Waterfield has established himself, over a period of several decades, as the world’s leading anglophone translator of ancient Greek prose literature. In a remarkable body of work (approaching some thirty volumes), he has produced characteristically fluent and stylish versions of such authors as Herodotus (complete), Xenophon (Anabasis and the Socratica), Aristotle (Physics and Rhetoric), Demosthenes, Polybius, Plutarch, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus. But at the heart of his output have been the dialogues of Plato, of which he has translated sixteen to date, including Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus, and Timaeus.[1] He has also published several trade books on topics in Greco-Roman history, so he is highly experienced at writing for a general audience, the explicit target of the present work. In Plato of Athens Waterfield even anticipates readers who may not have sampled any of Plato’s own writing (94), and he is mostly very careful to take not

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    Plato

    (428-348)

    Who Was Plato?

    Ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. His writings explored justice, beauty and equality, and also contained discussions in aesthetics, political philosophy, theology, cosmology, epistemology and the philosophy of language. Plato founded the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world.

    Early Life

    Due to a lack of primary sources from the time period, much of Plato's life has been constructed by scholars through his writings and the writings of contemporaries and classical historians. Traditional history estimates Plato's birth was around 428 B.C.E., but more modern scholars, tracing later events in his life, believe he was born between 424 and 423 B.C.E. Both of his parents came from the Greek aristocracy. Plato's father, Ariston, descended from the kings of Athens and Messenia. His mother, Perictione, is said to be related to the 6th century B.C.E. G