EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the relation between Socrates and Plato?
A
Plato was student of Socrates
B
Socrates was student of Plato
C
Socrates and Plato were brothers
D
Socrates and Plato were colleagues
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Socrates was Platos teacher. Plato was Aristotles teacher. Aristotle learned at Platos Academy. And Aristotle was the well-paid tutor of Alexander the Great.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plato (427-347 B.C.E.) Plato is one of the world’s best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. He was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle, and he wrote in the middle of the fourth century B.C.E. in ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -From historical sources it is known that Socrates was Plato’s teacher and that Socrates was Plato’s elder by at least a few decades. Other than this, things become far less clear when examining the relationship between these two founders of western philosophy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plato. Plato was Socrates’ most famous disciple, and the majority of what most people know about Socrates is known about Plato’s Socrates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plato (428/427 BCE-348/347 BCE) was the most notable student of Socrates. Socrates left no surviving written material, and most of what we know of him comes from Plato’s recollection in works such as ‘Phaedo’ and ‘Apology. ‘ Plato went on to tutor Aristotle, and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.

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