All 4 Uses of
Plato
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The deepest poetry of Shelley, the words of Hamlet bring our minds into contact with the eternal wisdom, Plato's world of ideas.†
Chpt 9 *Plato = ancient Athenian philosopher who did much to influence Western thinking (428-347 BC)
- Aristotle was once Plato's schoolboy.†
Chpt 9
- —That model schoolboy, Stephen said, would find Hamlet's musings about the afterlife of his princely soul, the improbable, insignificant and undramatic monologue, as shallow as Plato's.†
Chpt 9
- John Eglinton, frowning, said, waxing wroth: —Upon my word it makes my blood boil to hear anyone compare Aristotle with Plato.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
ancient Athenian philosopher who did much to influence Western thinking; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
A memory trick to remember the relationships between Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and Alexander the Great is to put them in reverse alphabetical order: Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle, who taught Alexander the Great.