他是谁？
He grew up in an aristocratic and distinguished family.
There is not enough information associated with his childhood in Athens, but many historians have evidence of his good educational background.
He was one of the students of the great, brave and intelligent philosopher in ancient Greek.
After his teacher was sentenced to death by poison, he began his long journey to countries around the Mediterranean Sea, including Egypt, Italy and so forth.
He regarded philosophy as a useful tool for people to pursue the truth and live a good life.
He founded the Academy, which was considered the first institution of higher education in the West. Hence, the English term “academy” means a college for special training.
He had a very special teaching style in which informal conversation, humorous storytelling and questioning are often employed to instruct his students.
In his great work, the Republic, he suggested that the ideal King would be wise and caring and rule over his subjects with justice and wisdom. This is the idea of the Philosopher King.
To gain lasting happiness, the soul shouldn’t be trapped in the material desires of body, but should control the desires as he described in the book.
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors,” he said.
He was a far-reaching author and left many influential works and philosophical ideas to build the groundwork of modern philosophy.
Do you have any idea who he is?
If you can’t figure out his name, here the answer is
柏拉图（Plato）
