Plato of Athens — an ancient Greek idealist philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle. It is with Plato that philosophy is formed as a system of knowledge. The Apology of Socrates is the first surviving text of Plato, written soon after the trial of Socrates and the only one of his works written not in the form of a dialogue. So why did the Athenian state kill Socrates? Socrates, of whom the Delphic oracle said that there is no one wiser than him. Socrates, who entered history with his statement I know that I know nothing. Socrates, who concluded his speech at the trial with the words: But it is time to go, for me - to die, for you - to live, and which of this is better, no one knows, except for God. All other works of Plato take the form of dialogues, in which the concepts of duty and beauty, knowledge and ignorance, truth and lies, good and evil are elucidated through questions and answers. The collection includes the dialogues Euthyphro, Crito, Phaedo, dedicated to the last days of Socrates, as well as Symposium and Phaedrus.
