Plato's Side Effects

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1、 Plato (427-347 BC), the most important idealist philosopher in ancient Greece, was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle.

2、 It is said that he was nicknamed "Plato" (meaning "broad") because of his broad forehead and shoulders, and later people called him that.

3、 Classic excerpt: There is a type of article that can teach people, and with the goal of teaching people, it is actually to write the truth, goodness, and beauty into the readers' hearts. Only articles of this kind that can achieve clarity and perfection are worth writing and reading.

4、 Plato's artistic and aesthetic views had a profound impact, and Plotinus established Neoplatonism from his perspective, which further developed into Christian theological idealism in the Middle Ages.