PHILOSOPHER

Plato

427 BC - 347 BC

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Plato ( PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced [plá.tɔːn] in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered a pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle. Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plato has received more than 13,346,055 page views. His biography is available in 194 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 189 in 2019). Plato is the 2nd most popular philosopher (down from 1st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Plato is most famous for his theory of Forms. Plato believed that the world we see is only a reflection of the true world of Forms.

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  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 95.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 194

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 17.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plato ranks 2 out of 1,089. Before him are Aristotle. After him are Socrates, Confucius, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Augustine of Hippo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 427 BC, Plato ranks 1. After him is Emperor Kōan. Among people deceased in 347 BC, Plato ranks 1. After him is Archytas.

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    Plato

    427 BC - 347 BC

    HPI: 95.73

    Rank: 1

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    Archytas

    428 BC - 347 BC

    HPI: 77.79

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plato ranks 3 out of 855. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356) and Aristotle (-384). After him are Socrates (-470), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Pythagoras (-570), Spartacus (-109), Sophocles (-497), Epicurus (-341), Pericles (-494), and Democritus (-460).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Plato ranks 2. Before him are Aristotle (-384). After him are Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Epicurus (-341), Democritus (-460), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), and Antisthenes (-445).

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