Who was the ancient greek philosopoher Plato??? and what made him so important??

Question:What did he achieve and how does it help us today??? You could give me any interesting fact about him!!!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What did he achieve and how does it help us today??? You could give me any interesting fact about him!!!!

Plato was one of the early stars of Western philosophy. The son of an aristocrat, he studied under the great Greek thinker, Socrates. After years of travel and study, Plato founded the Academy in his native Athens in 387 B.C.; it became a famous hotbed of philosophical and scientific discussion, and is regarded by many as the first known university in the world. Plato's writings mostly take the form of dialogues, or "dialectics," in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other. (Socrates was often one of the characters.) Plato's text The Republic, in which he lays out his ideas on the perfect state, remains a staple of college reading lists around the world.

Plato's most famous pupil was that other great Greek thinker, Aristotle... Plato's exact date of birth is unknown; most scholars believe it was during the years 429-427 B.C.

Socrates always asked questions of men, but questions designed to cause the men to ultimately give the answer that Socrates believed was correct. Cool way to get ones point across. Wish I was better at it! Plato remembered those dialogs and shared them. We still have them today.

Good answer BaBa! I might as well add that Aristotle then in turn taught Alexander the Great.

maybe you don't already know, but there are things on your computer called "search engines". A well known one is called 'Google'. I like to use 'yahoo' myself.
Go to one, type in PLATO and you will get more information than you could possibly need.

What I like best about Plato was his attempt to describe the difference between a "perfect" concept and and "actual" object .
What I dislike most about him is the legacy of his education system...we still base our schools around it today.

personally idk who he was but i think he might b famous bc he was a teacher. idk it jus sounds good