Plato: Ọdịiche dị n'etiti nyochagharị

Tinyere ọdọ-nkụzi ya, Socrates, na amụrụvi kasị ama, Aristotle, Plato tọrọ nnọọ ntọala nke nkàọmụma na nkàmmụta Ọdịdaanyanwụ. Alfred North Whitehead si otu mgbe kwuru: "nke kasị dịrị nchebe n'ozuzu ndona-agwa nke ọdịnala nkàọmụma Europe bụ na ọ na mejupụtara nsorosoroobnsorosoro nke ededeala (footnote) maka Plato. " Tụkwasị n'ịbụ mmadu ntọala maka nkàmmuta Ọdịdaanyanwụ, nkàọmụma, na nkàmgbakọ (mathematics), ha tukwara Plato aka dịka otu n'ime mbidovivo nke ọnọdummụọ Ọdịdaanyanwụ, tumadu ọnọduKraịst, nke putara na Friedrich Nietzsche, n'etiti ndị ọzọ ọkà mmụta, kpọrọ "Platoomi ọha.’

Nrubeime Plato n’elu elulo Christian, ha cheworo na ọ gbugbowo (mediated) na nke metukachara Saint Augustine nke Hippo, otu n'ime ndị kasị mkpa ọkàọmụma Christian na ọdọ-okpukpe na-ogegaraga. Plato bụ ngbanwevi (the ‘vi’ stands for ‘er’ or ‘or’) nke nkpakọritaNkpakọrita na zizavo (forms), nkàechiche na nkàọmụma, nke sitere na ya. Plato dịkwabukwara nchoputavi nke nkàọmụma ndọrọọchịchị Ọdịdaanyanwụ , ya na Ọchiotutu (Republic), na Iwu n’etiti nkpakọritavo ndị ọzọ , na-enye ụfọdụ n'ime ndị mbụ agwọọrịa nke ajụjụvo ndọrọọchịchị ndị si na nkàọmụma anya-disi (perspective)

Plato bụ Atenvi nke ọmumu eze; ghọrọ amụrụvi Socrates. Ọ buwo nchekwube ọdọejije tupu ya abịa n'okpuru ndunihu Socrates, nakwa ọ ga-enye olu n’ọnwụ nke Socrates na-ejijeogi (dramatic) zizavo (forms) na Ngbahalu na Nkpakọrita yiriwo na isi oge kacha. E mesịrị, Plato jere ozi dị ka onye nkụzi nke Aristotle ihe karịrị afọ 20 tupu Aristotle putara ka ọ chọpụtara onwe ya ulọ-akwọ, Lyceum, nakwa ọ mmetụtakacha ọfọrọnta ulọ-akwụkwọ ọ bụla nkàọmụma Grik, na ndị Stoik, na Ọhurueplatovivo; ọzọkwa ikekwe ọ metukachara ha nile na elulo. Plato bụkwara onyenkụzi ọchigbovi nke Daịọnisiọs Syracusevi, na onye ọ nwara ikpe ihu ọma na-ahụ ka ọ mejuputa nkàọmụma okweizivo (principles) na omume, n'ihi na ọ dikwara emowo site Epicurus, onye kwuru si ọ dị ka "Dionysiokolakes", maọbụ ‘okwuireụtọvi nke ọchigbo’.