WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Greek Philosopher that was the student of Socrates, and started a school in Athens called the Academy. Unlike Socrates, he recorded his beliefs in writing. He wrote the Republic, which was his plan for a ideal society and government.
A
Socrates
B
Plato
C
Aristotle
D
Pythagoras
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Lyceum. The Lyceum had been used for philosophical debate long before Aristotle. Philosophers such as Prodicus of Ceos, Protagoras, and numerous rhapsodes had spoken there. The most famous philosophers to teach there were Isocrates, Plato (of The Academy), and the best-known Athenian teacher, Socrates.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Academy (Ancient Greek: ) was founded by Plato in c. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years (367–347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum.

Detailed explanation-4: -Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy.

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