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As a student of Socrates, Plato (428­347 B.C.) was a Greek
philosopher who pursued truth through questions, answers, and
additional questions. He believed in two essential characteristics of
knowledge: first, that it must be certain and infallible; second, that it is
genuine and not merely an appearance. In 387 B.C. he founded the
Academy in Athens, described as the first European university.
The early Dialogues of Plato (428­347 B.C.) relate the teachings and
style of his mentor, Socrates. Here, Socrates plays the character of
the fool in order to unmask self-proclaimed experts. Socrates
continues to be a central figure in Plato’s middle and late Dialogues but
their philosophical underpinnings are Plato’s own; they include his
theories of Forms and of Knowledge.