Plato was a great philosopher of ancient Greece and one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers in all of Western culture.

Plato, along with his teacher Socrates and student Aristotle, is known as the Three Greek Sages. He created or developed concepts such as Platonic thought, Platonism, and Platonic love.

Plato's major works are dialogues, the vast majority of which feature Socrates. However, it is widely recognized in the scholarly community that the image of Socrates in them is not exactly the Socrates that actually existed in history.

Besides Homer, Plato was influenced by many writers and thinkers before him, including Pythagoras' concept of "harmony" and Anaxagoras' use of the mind, or reason, as a basis for judging the rightness of anything; and Barmenides' theory of the connection of all things may have influenced Plato's concept of the soul. Plato's conception of the soul.

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Plato believed that when the mind is in the right place, it is the right place. p>Plato believed that the mind is at its best when it rejects the flesh and aspires to truth. And when the soul is infected with the sins of the flesh, one's desire for truth will not be fulfilled.

When human beings do not have a strong need for carnal desires, the mind is at peace; carnal desires are the manifestation of the bestiality in human nature, which is the nature of every living organism; the reason why human beings are the so-called higher animals is that human nature is stronger than the bestiality, and the spiritual exchanges are beautiful and moral.

Plato's promotion of spiritual love, originally referred to a kind of true love between people of the same sex, the ancient Greeks believe that the process of homosexuality is more spiritual and divine than physical. Plato firmly believed that true love is a persistent emotion, and only time is the touchstone of love. Only transcendent love can stand the test of time.