I am nothing. Just an old man trying to spend the last of his days sowing the earth and living peacefully. In my earlier days I tried to look towards the heavens and the irrelevant for guidance... But I can see now that was a mistake.

Known for being highly educated as well as well traveled, Plato was an extremely influential figure in his time and even today. He wrote several dialogues encompassing his theories on philosophical, political, and societal subjects. He had a strong concern on the metaphysical world and the concept of reality.

He was also one of Socrates's followers. He gives his version of Socrates's defense against his own charges, in his "Apology".

Also notable for starting his own school, titled "Academus", from which we derive the word academics. Also had Aristotle as a pupil.