Tim Koen

Plato

History 6-7

5/31/13

they have done? They murdered the greatest mind in the world, Socrates. The flame

The flame has been burnt out. Darkness is upon us. Do these fools know what

can be relit; I will carry on with Socrates work. But why did he have to partake of the hemlock? Why not just run away with me? Foolish. I shouldve seen it coming. Is this worse, he knew it was happening, he decided to sacrifice himself, but for what? What point was he trying to make. I cant think, all I see is darkness. I wonder. What defines good? What is knowledge? Knowledge is recollection; just? Did Socrates believe that he himself was bad? I think not, he was tricked. No, even

teachers and parents help us recall this information, that by the process of being born, and living, we forgot. Thats why I helped a great man, Aristotle. He was amazing from the beginning. I helped him learn about metaphysics, and my theory of forms.

Now, of course you are reading this to learn about me, Plato, so here I go. I was born

on 428 BCE, in Athens. I was raised a magnificent student, always wanting to learn,

and often I had many questions about life, and what it all meant, so in my teens, I was taught by Socrates, a great man. My name, Plato, comes from my Athenian wrestling coach, that called me Platon, meaning broad shouldered, because I could always beat everyone. Later on, while I was being taught by Socrates, he made the bold choice of

saying Question authority, apparently this was wrong, and irrational as stated by

one of the many upset authorities. So, they foolishly sentenced Socrates to death. Sadly, he agreed. This made me furious, as many times, I had asked him to come with me, to escape the madness, later on though I made extremely persuasive documents, using dialogue between two characters.

logic, and ethics. Some called me amazing for my work, and others hated my work. I

In my own Golden Age, I focused on metaphysics, rhetoric, knowledge, justice,

handed my academy over to my nephew; sadly, I could tell that Aristotle was mad, I was elated; he always wanted it, even as a child.

knew he wanted to have it, to take it to great places, sadly I just couldnt. My nephew

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being the student of Socrates, the teacher of Aristotle, I am a thinker, a philosopher, a mathematician, a teacher, a pupil, a wrestler, and a father-like figure of Aristotle, a disappointment of Aristotle, I have failed, and won.

Envied. Why? For my questions, my answers, and my thoughts. I am envied for

son-like figure of Socrates, I am envied. I am also Pitied. The death of Socrates, and the

his bed, while a Thracian girl played the flute, another suggests he died at a wedding feast, but the most likely one states that he simply died in his sleep.

Plato died on 347 BCE, many sources tell of how he died, some say he died in

Epilogue

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