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plato
/ˈpleɪ.toʊ/
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What does plato mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.
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The problem with which we are now concerned is a very old one, since it was brought into philosophy by Plato.
It had not that sort of consistency to Plato which has been given to it in modern times by geometry and metaphysics.
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God forbid, says one in Plato, that to philosophise were only to read a great many books, and to learn the arts.
We know of no better way to commence a book about Atlantis than by giving in full the record preserved by Plato.
In this knotty dispute, in which the weight of evidence is equal on both sides, Plato simply expresses the sentiment of entire antiquity.