who was a philosopher?
Plato
where?
Classical Greece
what did he found?
the Academy in Athens
what is that?
an institution of higher learning
what was special about it?
it was the first  in the Western world
What makes it difficult to know what he wrote?
the oldest extant manuscript dates to around AD 895, 1100 years after he died
who was his teacher?
Socrates
who was one of his students?
Aristotle
is that the most notable one?
yes
what did the three achieve together?
they laid foundations of  philosophy and science
what kind?
Western
where can Plato's footnotes be found?
in the European philosophical tradition
was he the founder of anything else?
yes
what?
Western religion and spirituality
through what influence?
by his influence on Saint Augustine of Hippo
who is that?
a philosophersand theologian
was he significant?
yes
how?
one of the most important
Who was a philosopher in the 19th century?
Nietzsche
what did he say about a certain religion?
that it was  "Platonism for the people"