Two things… First, Plato was a strong advocate of censorship — provided only that you had the “right” people in charge. read more
Plato is a reminder of why there must be philosophy as well as why it is. A word, now, on the analogies and myths. First, just because Plato or his Socrates say something, it does not follow that Plato believed it or that he continued to believe it or that he does not subject it to powerful criticisms. read more
Plato (427—347 B.C.E.) Plato is one of the world's best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. He was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle, and he wrote in the middle of the fourth century B.C.E. in ancient Greece. read more
I believe that Plato was wrong in his approach to finding a solution to a hypothetical question. He did not reason and support his conclusions with facts (observation and testing results), he merely reasoned his hypothesis and took long explanations to arrive at his results. read more