Plato: Biography of a Great Thinker
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The Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristotle. He wrote on a wide variety of topics including Politics, Aesthetics, Cosmology, and Epistemology. To this day, we refer to “Platonic Love” and “Platonic Ideals.” Plato’s search for knowledge and truth formed the basis of much of Western Philosophy. As Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Our Great Thinkers playlist celebrates influential thinkers who have changed the world for the better. Please Subscribe today! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SocraticaStudios Circle us on Google+ at http://google.com/+socratica Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/socratica Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SocraticaStudios Host: Liliana de Castro Artwork: Kim Parkhurst Directed by Michael Harrison Written and Produced by Kimberly Hatch Harrison Creative Commons Picture Credits: Plato copy of Silanion portrait http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plato_Silanion_Musei_Capitolini_MC1377.jpg Author: Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow) Academy Archeological site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Athens_Plato_Academy_Archaeological_Site_2.jpg Author: Tomisti Herma of Plato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herma_of_Plato_-_0042MC.jpg Author: Ricardo André Frantz (User:Tetraktys) Ancient school relief http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_school.jpg?uselang=fr Author: Shakko Brick wall close-up view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_wall_close-up_view.jpg Author: Pawel Wozniak Porch of Maidens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porch_of_Maidens.jpg Author: Thermos Siamese cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Siam_lilacpoint.jpg Author: Karin Langner-Bahmann, upload von Martin Bahmann Hirundo rustica http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landsvale.jpg Author: Malene Thyssen
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Awesome job!
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5:27 Clearly she meant werekind.
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what is the name of that pretty lady giving these mini-lectures? she is great. i would have loved to have her be my teacher during my student days. in any case, i hope that she goes on to give lectures on many other philosophers, not only the Big Three (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle) which she has already done, but also on some of the others, such as Baruch Spinoza, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell. she might also consider giving such talks on some of Shakespeare's most important plays, such as the Big Seven (Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacBeth, and Anthony and Cleopatra)
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this is very informative and clear, love it! if only more people would know the work of these great thinkers...
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I'm reading The Complete Plato: who is my best friend, of course Socrates too, for Aristotle is part of our family..
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I like how you present this
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Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, where all great philosophers.
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Amazing Job
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The facial expressions are priceless and the quality is undilluted
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I appreciate your clear and succinct tutorial on Plato - this introduction serves as an incentive for me to further explore classical philosophy. Thanks very much.
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I wonder how different the world would be now if the Greeks and Romans never went into war...
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great work socratica.... really impressed by the quality of videos. keep it up.
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Your videos are great, your abstract algebra lectures really helped me prepare for the course. Keep up the awesome work!
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lovely ,coherent, expressive, summarised presentation!
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thats sooooooooooo me
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Thanks so much for this excellent summation; and the presenter is wonderful.
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Think "outside" or/and "inside" the "system"?
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my congratulations, you've done a great job summarizing the Life of Plato in just 7 minutes
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The Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristotle. He wrote on a wide variety of topics including Politics, Aesthetics, Cosmology, and Epistemology. To this day, we refer to Platonic Love and Platonic Ideals. Plato’s search for knowledge and truth formed the basis of much of Western Philosophy.
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