PHILOSOPHER

Plato

427 BC - 347 BC

Plato

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 the 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 10,670,727 page views. His biography is available in 189 different languages on Wikipedia making him the most popular philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 94.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 189

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plato ranks 1 out of 1,005. After him are Aristotle, Socrates, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Pythagoras, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Niccolò Machiavelli.

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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: 94.13

    Rank: 1

  • Archytas

    428 BC - 347 BC

    HPI: 70.80

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plato ranks 2 out of 698. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Aristotle (-384), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Epicurus (-341), Sophocles (-497), Spartacus (-109), Pericles (-494), and El Greco (1541).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Plato ranks 1. After him are Aristotle (-384), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Epicurus (-341), Democritus (-460), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Theophrastus (-371), Gorgias (-483), Antisthenes (-445), and Pyrrho (-365).

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