Plato and Aristotle

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Original date:: Aug 17, 2008

The School of Athens or Scuola di Atene is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520). Close up Plato (left) holding the Timaeus (Leonardo da Vinci) and Aristotle holding the Ethics.

Fresco, 500 × 770 cm
Painted between 1510 and 1511
Vatican City, Apostolic Palace

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Plato (pron.: /ˈpleɪtoʊ/; Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn, "broad"; 428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece. He was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. In the words of A. N. Whitehead:

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