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Plato the idealist

Many consider Plato as the most important philosopher who ever lived. He is known as the father of idealism. His ideas were elitist, with the philosopher king the ideal ruler.

  • Apology is Plato's version of Socrates trial and Phaedo is his version of the death of Socrates.
  • Plato introduced Atlantis in Timaeus and tells the story of Atlantis in Critias.
  • Plato's Republic contains a treatise on education, with the parable of cave perhaps the best known to college students.

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