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|birth = 420s BCE<br>[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|death = 348/347 BCE<br>Athens, Greece
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'''Plato''' (c. 427 BCE or c. 424 BCE – c. 347 BCE), born '''Aristokles''', was an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] philosopher, widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. He was a student of [[Sokrates]] and the teacher of [[Aristotle]].

==Biography==
Aristokles was only a young boy in the early years of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. At one point, he made the acquaintance of the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]]. After she gathered supporters to help Sokrates out of jail, he introduced himself to her but also shared that he did not like the name. Kassandra suggested he choose a new one, and he settled on 'Plato', a name by which his {{Wiki|Antiphon brother of Plato|brother}} used to call him. He also told Kassandra of his passion for debate and how he hoped to be student of Sokrates one day.<ref name="Persuasion">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Persuasion Check]]</ref>

Plato eventually went on to become an influential author and philosopher. Around 388 BCE, he founded a school of philosophy that later came to known as the {{Wiki|Platonic Academy}}. The school attracted numerous mathematicians and geometers such as [[Archytas]], a [[Pythagoras|Pythagorean]] philosopher, and [[Eudoxos of Knidos]], an astronomer. He was later succeeded by his nephew [[Speusippos]].<ref name="DT">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#School of Greece - Philosophy|School of Greece – Philosophy: "Importance of Philosophy"]]</ref>

In his work ''{{Wiki|Republic (Plato)|The Republic}}'', Plato made his famous {{Wiki|Allegory of the Cave}}, in which prisoners were chained inside a cave and forced to look at a cave wall. They were not able to see the world outside, but only the reflections on the wall that the outside world made. The prisoners are able to free themselves when they see that the intangible, represented by the reflections, is real.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Empirical Truth]]</ref>

==Legacy==
In 1497, during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]], [[Preacher (Piagnone)|one]] of [[Girolamo Savonarola]]'s nine lieutenants stated that Savonarola condemned the teachings of both Plato and Aristotle, remarking that the only good thing they owed them was bringing forward many arguments which they could use against the heretics and that they and other philosophers were in Hell.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' – [[Doomsday]]</ref>

In 1868, [[Evie Frye]] quoted Plato while talking to her brother [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] although Jacob mistakenly believed that she was quoting their father, [[Ethan Frye]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Double Trouble]]</ref>

==Gallery==
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ACOD Persuasion Check 2.png|A young Plato observing the philosophers' debate
ACOD Persuasion Check 5.png|Plato meeting Kassandra
ACOD Persuasion Check 6.png|Plato speaking to Kassandra
ACOD Young Plato Closeup.png|Closeup of a young Plato
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==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}

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