# Plato — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/plato-whe-definition-discussion/16080>\
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**Created:** [April 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/plato-whe-definition-discussion/16080 "2023-04-03T16:00:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/plato-whe-definition-discussion/16080/1 "2023-04-03T16:00:11Z")

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Plato (l. 424/423 to 348/347 BCE) is the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his _Dialogues_ and for founding his Academy in Athens, traditionally considered the first university in the Western world. Plato was a student of Socrates and featured his former teacher in almost all of his dialogues which form the basis of Western philosophy.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/plato/](https://www.worldhistory.org/plato/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/plato-whe-definition-discussion/16080/2 "2026-07-30T14:54:06Z")

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