Who was Plato

                                       Plato

Plato was a writer and philosopher, the friend and pupil of Socrates. Plato was born  into a wealthy aristocratic family. At the age of 20, he became a pupil of Socrates.

    After Socrates’ death In 399 B.C.Plato spent  some years travelling.Then he returned to Athens where he found a school of Science and philosophy (the two subjects were closely related in ancient Greece).

     The school was held in a group of olive trees sacred to a legendary Hero Academus, the school became known as Academy; this name has since  been used for schools ever since.

He spent sometime in Sicily, where he tried to to train the ruler of Syracuse Dionysius II,in philosophy. in his writings, Plato was able to describe the teaching of Socrates,Who left no  books his own,as well as his own philosophy. he died in the Athens

at the age of 80.