Essays Tagged: "Perictione"

The Life, Works, Theories, and Analysis of Plato

and teaching his findings to other philosophers who might be interested.Around 428 BC, Ariston and Perictione had a child, Plato. Ariston, who descended from the early Athenian kings, and Perictione, ... were a wealthy and aristocratic family. Prior to Plato reaching adulthood, his father Ariston died. Perictione decided to remarry an associate of the statesman Pericles, Pyrilampes.Plato fought in the ...

(7 pages) 163 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

What did Plato contribute to Mathematics?

-347B.C) Plato was born in 428 B.C to Ariston, a descendent from early kings of Athens, and Perictione, a distant relative of the 6th century lawmaker Solon. He was a Greek philosopher. Throug ...

(2 pages) 62 2 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy