Because while Plato believed that the only authentic existents are ideas, he also believed that these ideas have an independent existence, i. e., are not only contents of the mind as in berkelian idealism, in the realm of the intelligible.
Plato thought Socrates was the most just person of that time and Plato agreed with socrates' beliefs
Plato was not a scientist - the scientific method had not been invented in this time and therefore he can not be called a scientist.
Plato was born a really long time ago and is estimated to be born around 429 B.C.
Plato was born in 428 BC. and died in 348 BC. Some of his major contributions to science were actually his contributions to religion. At the time, religion and science were almost the same thing. His influence stayed for years and years after his death. Most of his contributions come from Aristotle, as he accepted Plato's view and worked off of that. Plato's view was that the world can be explained in terms of form, matter and teleology, or the function of objects. Galileo also used Plato's method of writing dialogues.
He thought that democracy was A. Waste of time.
It may not be proper to consider him completely as an idealist, but his views could logically lead one to idealism. He wanted reality to reflect Heaven, thus we have the Mandate of Heaven that causes various dynasties to come and go. This can be likened to Platonic Idealism, in that Plato believed that the world was a reflection of the Realm of Forms. These are viewed to be ideas themselves. Idealist schools of Confucianism did later arise after the time of Confucius.
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Plato thought Socrates was the most just person of that time and Plato agreed with socrates' beliefs
James Joyce was considered a realist author of his time. He attempted to show the people his commitment to government issues through his writings.
In his Republic, Plato explicitly states the principle of non-contradiction, i.e. something cannot both be A and not A at the same time in the same way, he may be the first thinker to ever explicitly define this central principle of reasoning in clear terms in writing.
Plato was not a scientist - the scientific method had not been invented in this time and therefore he can not be called a scientist.
In Plato's time, the cultural attitude toward sexuality was so different, that sexual orientation as we know it was hard to describe. All we can say is that Plato was known to have sexual affairs with both men and women, which was typical of the time.
Plato was born a really long time ago and is estimated to be born around 429 B.C.
Plato was born in 428 BC. and died in 348 BC. Some of his major contributions to science were actually his contributions to religion. At the time, religion and science were almost the same thing. His influence stayed for years and years after his death. Most of his contributions come from Aristotle, as he accepted Plato's view and worked off of that. Plato's view was that the world can be explained in terms of form, matter and teleology, or the function of objects. Galileo also used Plato's method of writing dialogues.
invented a school for the first time
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He thought that democracy was A. Waste of time.