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Plato's Academy and the Invention of Higher Learning
In this episode of Ancient Greece: Philosophy, Democracy, and Endless War, Lucas and Luna explore the founding of Plato's Academy around 387 BCE in Athens. They discuss how Plato, inspired by Socrates' death and his travels to Syracuse, established the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. The episode covers the Academy's curriculum—astronomy, mathematics, philosophy—and its famous students, including Aristotle. They delve into the controversy over Plato's alleged sale of the philosopher Speusippus into slavery, the Academy's survival for nearly…
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