Plato on the death of socrates5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Plato’s recollections of Socrates’ lived-out philosophy and style of relentless questioning, the Socratic method, became the basis for his early dialogues. The young Plato became a devoted follower of Socrates-indeed, he was one of the youths Socrates was condemned for allegedly corrupting. He was educated in philosophy, poetry and gymnastics by distinguished Athenian teachers including the philosopher Cratylus.ĭid you know? The section on music in Plato's "Republic" suggests that in an ideal society flutes would be banned in favor of the more dignified lyre, but on his deathbed Plato reportedly summoned a young girl to play her flute for him, tapping out the rhythm with his finger while he breathed his last. Plato grew up during the Peloponnesian War (431-404) and came of age around the time of Athens’ final defeat by Sparta and the political chaos that followed. His mother Perictione remarried the politician Pyrilampes. ![]() His father Ariston died when Plato was a child. He was of noble Athenian lineage on both sides. Plato was born around 428 B.C., during the final years of the Golden Age of Pericles’ Athens. ![]()
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