Plato (c. 427 BC – c. 347BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens. He could not turn blind eye to his environmental condition. Major events that set course in his life; meeting Socrates and Peloponnesian war
The chain of events that led Plato the intricate web of beliefs that unify metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics into single inquiry is difficult to determine. Plato, a philodorian, it is believed, lectured extensively at the Academy; but he also wrote on many philosophical is-sues, and his presence survives through his written philosophical/dramatic compositions, preserved in manuscripts recov-ered and edited in many editions in many countries since thebirth of the Humanist movement.
Plato's best-known work, The Republic has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.
Plato was the prototypical political philosopher whose ideas had a profound impact on subsequent political theory. His greatest impact was Aristotle, but he influenced Western political thought in many ways. The Academy, the school he founded in 385 B.C.E., became the model for other schools of higher learning and later for European universities.
In The Republic, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence "in speech", culminating in a city called Kallipolis, which is ruled by philosopher- kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes.
The Republic: Plato's best–known work
