Platonism developed beyond Plato through the Academy, Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism. The record here begins with Plato's own dialogues.
Religion or belief system
Platonism
The philosophical tradition derived from Plato, including his accounts of knowledge, reality, Forms, the soul, virtue, justice, education and the Good.
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Thinkers and influential figures
Plato
Philosopher · c. 428/427–348/347 BCE · Philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, knowledge and politics
Plato was a student of Socrates, founder of the Academy and one of the most influential philosophers in the Western tradition.
Scripture and primary texts
Does the Soul Survive Death?
Phaedo · Phaedo
What evidence would justify belief that consciousness or the soul survives bodily death?
The Allegory of the Cave
The Republic · Republic 514a–521b
How can people recognise that familiar beliefs may be partial, manipulated or false?
The Form of the Good
The Republic · Republic 507b–509c
Is there an objective and highest standard of goodness?
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