The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations, Vol. 10 of 10 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations, Vol. 10 of 10 Plato, the most illustrious of the disciples of Socrates, expounded and developed the doctrines of his master, and such was his influence in antiquity, and such the transcendental character of his teaching, that he came to be regarded as divine. During the long struggle between rising Christianity and expiring Paganism his authority was enlisted on both sides, and had effect on both. During the Middle Ages it fell into abeyance, but it revived with the renewal of the study of Greek. In modern times it has animated various schools of philosophy, and stimulated independent thinkers. Plato was born of noble Athenian parents, in the island of Ægina, probably in May, 427 B.C., though some authorities assign an earlier year. His father, Ariston, traced his ancestry to Codrus, the last King of Athens, and his mother, Perictyone, was of the family of Solon. His name was originally Aristocles, but from the width of his shoulders or of his forehead he was surnamed Plato ("broad"). In youth he wrote poems and tragedies, but after he came under the influence of Socrates, in his twentieth year, he destroyed most of them. He appears to have served as a soldier before the destruction of the Athenian fleet at Ægospotamos, 405 B.C. Athens then fell under the control of the aristocracy, who sought support from Sparta. Critias, the leader of the Thirty Tyrants, being a cousin of Plato, and other leaders being his friends, the path to political preferment was open. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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