Alfred North Whitehead (the famous philosopher and mathematician reportedly summed up the Greek thinker’s accomplishments with the remark, “All of Western philosophy is but a footnote to Plato.”
Meanwhile, Aristotle, his best student, described Plato as a man “whom it is blasphemy in the base even to praise.”
He is a man, a towering figure in the history of the world, that really needs no introduction...
While his renown and influence are quite literally legendary, his legends and myths still stand the test of time in making us wonder, ponder and employ that beautiful brain of ours in fantastic philosophical discourse.
With that in mind, please enjoy this month’s Classical Wisdom Litterae Magazine and delve into Plato’s theories, allegories, predictions, poetry and more:
