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PLATO BUST STATUE 10.25" HIGH
ITEM NUMBER: TEZG5
SIZE: 10.25" HIGH
FEATURED FINISH: BRONZE PATINA
MEDIUM: BONDED STONE
SCULPTOR: ELEGANZA
SAFE FOR OUTDOOR USE?: F
SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEE: $14.95
TIME TO SHIP: MADE TO ORDER, SHIPS IN 2-3 WEEKS
PRICE: $ 182.00
Museum quality bronze bust ofPlato the philosopher.Plato was the teacher of Aristotle and Socrates was the teacher of Plato.Plato is best known and most widely quoted of the ancient philosophers.Plato was born in 427 BC of aristocratic parents, he became a student of Socrates before he was twenty.Plato's association with socrates profoundly influenced him, shaping his future thoughts and writings. Plato's writings became the basis for a countless number of religious and political teachings, including many early Christian doctrines and the Neo-Platonism of the Italian Renaissance which influenced the thinking and artistic creations of Michelangelo.After the death of Socrates, Plato traveled throughout the countries surrounding the Mediterranean. At Syracuse in Sicily he incurred the enmity of its ruler Dionysius I by his outspoken criticism of the morality of the city. It resulted in his being sold as a slave but he was fortunate. His purchaser freed him and soon thereafter Plato established a school called " The Academy " where he taught until his death at eighty.The word academy became widely used to designate a place of learning and has endured for all these years.
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