The University has received the first printed edition of Plato’s works in Greek. This book, inbound with cowskin vellum, was first printed in 1513 by Aldus Manutius, a Venetian printer and publisher.

Plato used it for his own philosophical arguments of idealism, but the parable holds a broad spectrum of applications. The idea of universal truths existing in imperceptible layers has been ...

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Among the most tantalizing ancient works of uncertain authenticity is a series of 13 letters supposedly written by Plato. The dialogues for which the Greek philosopher is known unfold as cagey ...

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In 2024, researchers revealed they had found new details of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s burial site. It was a ...

Diogenes likely washed up in Athens in the mid-360s, around the same time as a teenage Aristotle. At this point, Plato was nearly 60 and Antisthenes around 80—if, indeed, he was still alive.

Plato eventually returned to Athens, where he founded the academy described in the scroll. He was buried in the garden on the school’s grounds when he died in 348 or 347 B.C.E.