All 3 Uses of
Plato
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He was seeing a long line of men stretched through the centuries from Plato onward, whose heir and final product was an incompetent little professor with the appearance of a gigolo and the soul of a thug.†
Chpt 2.6Plato = ancient Athenian philosopher who did much to influence Western thinking (428-347 BC)
- It was a question pertaining to Plato's metaphysics, which Plato hadn't had the sense to ask of himself.†
Chpt 3.2 *
- It was a question pertaining to Plato's metaphysics, which Plato hadn't had the sense to ask of himself.†
Chpt 3.2
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.