Платон

Plato ; Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn, "broad" Greece 424/423 BCE – 348/347 BCE Teachers: Socrates;Democritus; Pythagoras Students: Aristotle; Plutarch ; Valentinus (AKA Valentinius) (Gnostic 100 - 160 CE); Iamblichus; Benjamin Jowett; Alfred North Whitehead; Wiliam R. Sandbach, James Bramwell , Ignatius Donnelly, W. Scott-Elliot , Cutcliffe Hyne , Frederick S. Oliver, Paul Schliemann , J. Allan Dunn , Pierre Benoit, Clara Iza von Ravn, Richard S. Shaver, all seeking Atlantis; James Churchward ; Albert Churchward ; Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim; Friends: Xenophon Organizations: founded the Academy at Athens; Author: Socratic dialogues (36 dialogues & 13 letters); Timaeus and Critias both mention Atlantis; Comments: Considered the 2nd Classical Greek Philosopher, through whose work Socrates is preserved. His concept of an Ideal plane of which material world is a shadow inspired a strong current in Magickal thought, and Neoplatonism. His parable of the Cave is a call to seek the Ideal rather than be distracted by the material plane. The Father of deductive logic, following Socrates' methods. One of the Classic authors referred to as The Ancients. Resources: The Birth of Western Philosophy - Plato and Aristotle lecture course by Prof Aryeh Kosman TTC 2004; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato; Prof. Peter Kreeft, lecturer; http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plato/timaeus.htm ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plato/critias.htm ; and http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plato/symposiu.htm; or listen to him here - http://librivox.org/the-apology-of-socrates-by-plato/ & http://librivox.org/critias-by-plato/ & http://librivox.org/the-symposium-by-plato/ and more at http://librivox.org/author/599 ; http://foundation.ctfreemasons.net/index.php/assorted-masonic-writings/54-the-geometry-of-art-and-life.html ; http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/when-socrates-met-phaedrus-eros-in-philosophy/ ; http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/surviving_anxiety/355741/3/ ;