Plato
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#Plato
Plato · c. 428–348 BCE
In the books · 1 chapter
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“Western philosophy has been called "a series of footnotes to Plato" — twenty-four centuries later, we are still answering his questions.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Behind the shifting, imperfect things our senses show us stands a realm of perfect, unchanging patterns — the Forms — and knowledge, justice, and even love are a climb toward them.”
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