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  2. Myth of Er - Wikipedia

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    A Renaissance manuscript Latin translation of The Republic. The Myth of Er (/ ɜːr /; Ancient Greek: Ἤρ, romanized: ér, gen.: Ἠρός) is a legend that concludes Plato's Republic (10.614–10.621).

  3. Khôra - Wikipedia

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    In Plato's account, khôra is described as a formless interval, alike to a non-being, in between which the "Forms" were received from the intelligible realm (where they were originally held) and were "copied", shaping into the transitory forms of the sensible realm; it "gives space" and has maternal overtones (a womb, matrix): [1]

  4. Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices - Wikipedia

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    The Prothesis may have previously been an outdoor ceremony, but a law later passed by Solon decreed that the ceremony take place indoors. [10] Before dawn on the third day, the funeral procession (ekphora) formed to carry the body to its resting place. [11]

  5. Ancient text reveals details of Plato’s burial place and ...

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    Ancient text reveals details of Plato’s burial place and final evening, experts say. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN. April 30, 2024 at 8:52 AM ... experts said at a presentation in Naples last week.

  6. Plato - Wikipedia

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    Plato Roman copy of a portrait bust c. 370 BC Born 428/427 or 424/423 BC Athens Died 348 BC (aged c. 75–80) Athens Notable work Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo Meno Protagoras Gorgias Symposium Phaedrus Parmenides Theaetetus Republic Timaeus Laws Era Ancient Greek philosophy School Platonic Academy Notable students Aristotle Main interests Epistemology, Metaphysics Political philosophy ...

  7. Theory of forms - Wikipedia

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    [20] [21] Plato emphasizes that the Forms are not beings that extend in space (or time), but subsist apart from any physical space whatsoever. [22] Thus we read in the Symposium of the Form of Beauty: "It is not anywhere in another thing, as in an animal, or in earth, or in heaven, or in anything else, but itself by itself with itself," (211b).

  8. Space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the sky, takes final ...

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    The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete. ... 200 feet overhead before gently lowering it to its ultimate resting space, ... and all of its parts will be bolted into place.

  9. Life of Plato - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, Nails concludes that "perhaps Ariston was a cleruch, perhaps he went to Aegina in 431, and perhaps Plato was born on Aegina, but none of this enables a precise dating of Ariston's death (or Plato's birth)". [12] Aegina is regarded as Plato's place of birth by Suda as well. [6]