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Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher and an Athenian, most of his works are recorded in the form of dialogues, and he founded the famous Plato Academy. Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. The three of them are generally considered the founders of Western philosophy and are known in history as the "Three Saints of the West" or the "Three Greek Philosophers".

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Writers
Nationality
ancient athens
Born
-0427-05-07
Died
-0347-00-00
Wikidata
Q859
Occupations philosopherpoetwriterlegal philosopher
Aliases PlatoPlatoPlatoplatoplato

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