Known as the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his
Dialogues and for founding his Academy north of Athens
Plato heard Socrates
teaching in the
market and
abandoned his plans
to pursue a literary
career as a playwright
Teached
Socrates
Born 470-399BCe
Plato was his most famous
student and would teach
Aristotle who would then tutor
Alexander the Great.
He studied music,
gymnastics, and
grammar in his
youth
Teached
Aristotle
Was born 384BCe and died 322
Chalcis Euboea
He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the
framework and vehicle for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic
philosophy.
He was alive during the Renaissance, the reformation and the enlightenment
He knew about biology, botany, chemistry,
ethics, history, logic, metaphysics, rhetoric,
philosophy of mind, philosophy of science,
physics, poetics, political theory, psychology,
and zoology.