Plato

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE) was born into one of Athens's most distinguished aristocratic families during the golden age of Greek civilization. He became a devoted student of Socrates, whose trial and execution in 399 BCE profoundly shaped his thought and his life's work. After traveling through the Mediterranean—including visits to Sicily that involved him in dangerous political intrigues—he returned to Athens and founded the Academy, the Western world's first institution of higher learning, which would endure for nearly nine centuries. This author hub collects 2 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Republic.