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Plato
427 BCE – 347 BCE
Greek philosophy (the Academy)
A context author
Plato is included as a context author: a figure whose ideas shaped, or were answered by, the Christian writers in this library. We record context authors so that the lines of influence between writers connect, and we do not catalogue their own writings. Some of those writings are lost, some survive only in the replies of those who wrote against them, and some lie outside what this library collects.
The writers Plato is connected to are listed under Influence below.
Influence
Who shaped Plato, and who Plato shaped. Each line is a judgment confirmed by a person; the evidence sits in the catalogue, not on this page.
Influenced
- Philo of Alexandria 20 BCE–50