PLATO

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• PLATO (noun)
  The noun PLATO has 1 sense:

1. ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)

  Familiarity information: PLATO used as a noun is very rare.

• PLATO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Holonyms ("Plato" is a member of...):

Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess))

Derivation:

Platonic (of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy)

 Context examples 

Wherein he agreed entirely with the sentiments of Socrates, as Plato delivers them; which I mention as the highest honour I can do that prince of philosophers.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Thousands of years ago, Plato wrote about the civilization, noting that its incredible technological advancements and wealth had no equal and that the city was ultimately destroyed by some terrible event.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

And hanging the antique broad-brim on a bust of Plato, Jo read her letters.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Sometimes I have risen superior to my difficulties. Sometimes my difficulties have—in short, have floored me. There have been times when I have administered a succession of facers to them; there have been times when they have been too many for me, and I have given in, and said to Mrs. Micawber, in the words of Cato, “Plato, thou reasonest well. It's all up now. I can show fight no more.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Their work began years ago and, according to Blackburn, the location was chosen based on Plato’s writings as well as other texts.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Then, as if reproaching himself for the longing that he could not repress, he went and kissed the two tousled heads upon the pillow, took down his seldom-used meerschaum, and opened his Plato.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nobody even really knows if Plato meant for his writings to be taken as documentation of the existence of the city or if he was just sewing a yarn to serve as a warning against the dangers of excess, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of people from searching for Atlantis.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He did his best and did it manfully, but I don't think he found that a pair of rampant boys, a pipe, or even the divine Plato, were very satisfactory substitutes for wife and child at home.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is one he values much, and I've often admired it, set up in the place of honor with his German Bible, Plato, Homer, and Milton, so you may imagine how I felt when he brought it down, without its cover, and showed me my own name in it, from my friend Friedrich Bhaer.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)