By Natural Philosopher Mike Prestwood
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Plato (428 – 347 BCE)

Plato (428 – 347 BCE)

Absolute Years From Now: -428
Story Reference Date: 02/21/2022 4:02 AM

Plato was a Greek philosopher born in Athens. He was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. Plato’s Theory of Forms asserts that the reality is only a shadow, or image, of the true reality of the Realm of Forms — abstract, perfect, unchanging concepts or ideals that transcend time and space.

OOP Note: Similar to the concept of design classes and instantiated objects in object oriented programming. 

Some of my favorite translated sayings are:

  • Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. 
  • If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
  • If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
  • Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
  • Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
  • Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
  • If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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