Plato's Academy and the Problem of the Systematical Interpretation of Plato's Philosophy

Abstract

Is there any philosophy of Plato? Can we expect stable and systematic teaching from him? These questions are solvable on the background of Plato's Academy that stays behind the dialogues and which enables to judge properly the value of the written work.

Keywords

• Plato
• Academy
• oral teaching
• written work
• metaphysics