What literary work, what philosophical thought, what is he most known for?
2006-10-15 10:12:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
He is credited with the invention of Play-Dough.
2006-10-15 10:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is known for writing the Republic and most people think of utopia and Forms when they hear the name, Plato. He also brought the name of Socrates to the forefront of history.
2006-10-15 10:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by sokrates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His Platonic ideals; he wrote "The Republic" which expresses his thoughts on what's the ideal kind of government, people, society, etc...
Plato is a profound Thinker.
2006-10-15 10:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wrote the Republic, and he also wrote the teachings of Socrates, which was very important as Socrates did not put his teachings to writing.
2006-10-19 03:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platonic realism is very interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonism
Platonic forms, or ideal archetypes exist as timeless logical instantiations, constraining our objective reality from any state self contradiction.
2006-10-15 10:53:05 · answer #5 · answered by DREAMER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato's allegory.
2006-10-15 11:07:05 · answer #6 · answered by Epitome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he is the disciple of Greek philosopher Socrates.
2006-10-15 10:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by prince47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was one of Socrates' alumni, and wrote down Socrates' thoughts after his death. it's thanxxxx to him if we now know the immense truths expressed by Socrates!
Number one work: Socrates' Apologies (i don't know if this is the translation of his script in english).
2006-10-15 10:16:03 · answer #8 · answered by What U see is what U get 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato
2006-10-15 10:27:20 · answer #9 · answered by wannabegenius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his writings about Atlantis
2006-10-15 10:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by krusty_blue_spaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋