Plato
Plato was a student of Socrates. This topic is part of Philosophy within History. This page currently draws on 8 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Plato trivia questions
Plato was an ancient philosopher from what civilization?
Answer: Greek
Bonus fact: Plato was a student of Socrates.
Who was Plato's famous teacher?
Answer: Socrates
Bonus fact: Socrates strongly influenced Plato's philosophy.
What school did Plato found in Athens?
Answer: Academy
Bonus fact: Plato's Academy became one of the ancient world's most influential centers of learning.
In Plato's story, Atlantis ultimately disappears beneath what?
Answer: Sea
Bonus fact: The island is destroyed and sinks after catastrophic events.
Which Greek philosopher taught Plato?
Answer: Socrates
Bonus fact: Plato later became the teacher of Aristotle.
Who was Aristotle's famous teacher?
Answer: Plato
Bonus fact: Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy.
Which ancient Greek philosopher wrote the earliest surviving account of Atlantis?
Answer: Plato
Bonus fact: Atlantis appears in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.
Which philosopher was a student of Socrates and wrote many dialogues featuring him?
Answer: Plato
Bonus fact: Most knowledge of Socrates comes from students and contemporaries.