Plato (l. 424/423 to 348/347 BCE) is the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his Dialogues and for founding his Academy in Athens, traditionally considered the first university in the Western world. Plato was a student of Socrates and featured his former teacher in almost all of his dialogues which form the basis of Western philosophy.
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c. 424 BCE - c. 347 BCELife of the Greek philosopher Plato.
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c. 424 BCE - 423 BCEPlato is born at Athens, Greece.
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407 BCEPlato meets Socrates, abandons aspiration to be playwright.
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403 BCEPlato turns away from politics toward philosophy.
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399 BCETrial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.
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398 BCEPlato flees to Megara with other followers of Socrates.
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c. 398 BCE - c. 380 BCEPlato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.
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361 BCE - 360 BCEPlato's second trip to Syracuse.
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360 BCEFinal attempt by Plato to make Syracusan king a philosopher-king.
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347 BCEPlato dies at his Academy.
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c. 204 CE - 270 CELife of Plotinus.
