The question should have been, I think, Why Plato is the greatest philosopher the West has produced (I also think that few modern philosophers will disagree with this statement)? read more
Good philosopher & famous philosopher are different designations. Plato was a GOOD philosopher because he was a very, very deep and powerful thinker on profound topics with a great deal of honesty in his mental character. read more
Philosopher Rafael Ferber dismissed Aristotle's view that the 'Good' is 'One' and wrote that the Form of the Good is self-contradictory. Ferber claimed that Plato's Form of the Good could be simultaneously defined and unknown, and be in a state of both "being" and "not being". read more