How did the earth come about? How did life begin? What is our purpose here? So many questions have plagued humans for about as long as they've been around. Some people think they know all the answers; some have no clue and don't really care. Others spend their lives in pursuit of answers and reasons why. Plato of Athens devoted a majority of his life to these very subjects and teaching his findings to other …showed first 75 words of 1823 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1823 total…it is still a beautiful thing that should be encouraged. Also, art is not merely imitation. Art can be a design or pattern as well Plato was an extremely intelligent man for his time. These ideas are difficult to conceive in today's world let alone almost 2500 years ago! If it wasn't for Plato, we would have no knowledge of Socrates, no Aristotle, possibly no schools, and we'd be missing out on other things as well.