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Condition: New, Made in Greece. Material: Pure Bronze Height: 23 cm - 9,1 inches Width: 13 cm - 5,1 inches Length: 10 cm - 3,9 inches Weight: 3150 g Plato 428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought & the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek & Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, & his most famous student, Aristotle. Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion & spirituality. The so-called Neoplatonism of philosophers like Plotinus & Porphyry greatly influenced Christianity through Church Fathers such as Augustine. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." Plato was the innovator of the written dialogue & dialectic forms in philosophy. Plato is also considered the founder of Western political philosophy. His most famous contribution is the theory of Forms known by pure reason, in which Plato presents a solution to the problem of universals known as Platonism (also ambiguously called either Platonic realism or Platonic idealism). He is also the namesake of Platonic love & the Platonic solids. His own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been along with Socrates, the pre-Socratics Pythagoras, Heraclitus & Parmenides, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant & much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself. Unlike the work of nearly all of his contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years.Although their popularity has fluctuated over the years, Plato's works have never been without readers since the time they were written. ΣΕΜ 012100213401 ΠΛΑΤΩΝ ΜΠΟΥΣΤΟ 12Χ21 ΕΚ - 135 Plato - Ancient Greek Philosopher Athens, 428-348 Bc Marble Base Museum Reproduction Head Bust Pure Bronze Statue
