1.2.2.4.1 Background



One must mention Plato as he and Aristotle are the greatest influences on modern thought.

Plato was a pupil of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle
so
he connected two of the greatest thinkers in history

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He also recorded the works of Socrates who himself never wrote anything down
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Plato was a philosopher but like most great thinkers had strong opinions on every subject.