Platon, koji je bio iz imucne porodice, osnovao je svoju školu oko 387. pre Hrista u svojoj kuć i Plato, who hailed from an affluent family, established his school in around 387 BC, in his own home
sisted convention and challen- ged society’s values. In fact, by today’s standards, we might categorise him as a vagrant li- ving in the Athenian Agora. So- crates enjoyed the outdoors. Xenophon says. “Early in the morning, he went to the public promenades and training gro- unds; in the forenoon, he was seen in the market; and the rest of the day he passed just where most people were to be met….” In particular, he was ac- customed to speaking in the Agora... Plato’s Academy The sight of philosophers han- ging around the city centre be- came even more commonpla- ce during the 5th century BC, when Periclean Athens beca- me an intellectual and demo-
cratic artistic incubator. The three major gymnasia of At- hens during the period from the 6th to 4th centuries BC we- re the Academy, the Lyceum, and the Cynosarges temple of Heracles, respectively located to the north, east, and southe- ast of the ancient city. The Aca- demy, named after local he- ro Academus, had long been a sacred area, though it was arid and treeless until the sta- tesman Cimon irrigated it with waters from the nearby rivers of Cephissus and Eridanos. By Socrates’ time, it was already considered the most beautiful district outside the walled At- hens. Its cool and shady olive grove, dedicated to the godde- ss Athena, would have been an attractive place for philosop- hers and their students, who
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