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Plato was one of the most celebrated teachers of his time, students from his academy cherished Plato’s unique ways of teaching his philosophies, but Plato's influence extended far beyond the Academy. After Plato’s death his ideas were taken up by many pre-philosophers. For example Philo of Alexandria used Plato's ideas to give a philosophical structure to Judaism. Early Christian writers eagerly embraced Plato's thought as the best available instrument for explaining and defending the teachings of the Bible and church tradition. Another was St. Augustine of Hippo who was the best known and most influential Platonist (followers of Plato). Plato's influence also spread into Islam, through the writings of the philosophers Avicenna and Averroes. Avicenna was a Persian who spent his childhood and youth studying Islamic law, literature, and medicine. Averroes was one of the major Islamic scholars of the Middle Ages who wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle.

orrupting the youth, introducing new gods into the city, atheism, and engaging in abnormal religious practices. During his trial Socrates explained that he had no interest to engage in politics, because a certain divine sign told him that he was to encourage a just and noble lifestyle within the young men of Athens. He did this by engaging in casual conversations with whomever he happened to meet on the streets. When Socrates told the court that if set free, he would not stop this practice, claiming that he must follow the voice of his god over the dictates of the state, the court found him guilty and he was executed one month later. This final sequence of events impacted Plato’s life deeply, At this point of Plato’s life Plato turned away from politics, because of his disappoi

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