Part 7 History of Philosophy

Chapter 45 The History of Ancient Philosophy

Section b. Plato (427-348 B.C.)

This section discusses Plato's thinking and that of his contemporaries. His main points are:

i) ideas are principles of all things

ii) the sensible world participates in the ideas

iii) human souls fulfill themselves by contemplation

This section discusses these, and how the Christian philosophers made use of and added to them.