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The Greek philosopher Plato Detail from School of Athens by Raphael Phaedo Plato Plato conversing with his pupils Map of the Greco-Roman world highlighting the birthplaces of notable ancient mathematicians, marked with the pi symbol and labeled with their names. Cities such as Athens, Alexandria, Syracuse, and Miletus are shown around the Mediterranean, with modern country boundaries outlined. An inset provides detail for the region of Greece and western Anatolia.
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in "Plato's Symposium" oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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View Yannis Simonides performing Socrates Now, a theatrical adaptation of Plato's Apology of Socrates, with remarks on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela
Yannis Simonides performing excerpts from his one-man show, Socrates Now,...
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Examine what is known about the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates from Plato's dialogues and other sources
Philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler discussing Socrates as a man, a teacher,...
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The Greek philosopher Plato
Plato, marble portrait bust copied from an original of the 4th century bce;...
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Detail from School of Athens by Raphael
Plato (center left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco...
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Phaedo
Phaedo, by Plato, copied in ad 100 (London,...
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Plato
Plato, Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original, 4th century bce;...
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Plato conversing with his pupils
Plato conversing with his pupils, mosaic from Pompeii, 1st century bce;...
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mathematicians of the Greco-Roman world
This map spans a millennium of prominent Greco-Roman mathematicians, from Thales...
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