1、Plato,（424/423 BC 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, P
2、lato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.,Plato,Platos sophistication as a writer is evident in his Socratic dialogues; thirty-six dialogues and thirteen letters have been ascribed to him. Platos writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several co
3、nventions regarding the naming and referencing of Platos texts.,used to teach a range of,subjects, including philosophy,logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics.,Stories about him,NO.1,The first day of school, Socrates said to the students: “today lets learn a simplest and easiest thing; let us cast
4、 his arm forward as far as possible, and then try to swing back.“ Said Socrates and demonstrated again, “300 times each time and let us start it today, can you?“,The students laughed, what a simple thing, what to do? After a month, Socrates asked the students: “300 times every day of casting, who ar
5、e sticking to it?“ Ninety percent of the students raised his hand proudly. A month later, Socrates asked again, only eighty percent of the students insisted on it this time .,A year later, Socrates asked again: “please tell me, the simplest movement of casting, and who are insisting on it?“ At that
6、moment, only one person in the classroom raised his hand. The student is later became another ancient Greek philosopher, Plato.,NO.2,One day, Plato took three disciples to a nearby field which was full of weeds, Plato said, you all have learned something, now a task is given to you, as you can see t
7、here are weeds in the fields. You have to find them out and remove them. Three disciples then set out, a year later, the two disciples returned empty-handed, and both were full of disappointment. They came back to the meadow. They were surprised to find that the original field which was overgrown wi
8、th weeds had become a piece of green crops because of another disciples hard work. Plato said: “the best way to wipe out the weed in fields is to plant crops in the fields.“,Only to sow optimistic seeds can we remove weeds from our heart. Because your heart, your emotions and your thoughts constitut
9、e the heart garden. We need our garden filled with seeds of love, warmth and gratitude, rather than the seeds of frustration, anger or fear. Because what you will reap depends on what kind of seed you sow,His Words,Love their loved ones never change till die, even people who love each other with the
10、ir own ghost extremely way finally. Silently and quietly waiting for you, neither expecting approached, nor praying to have. Perhaps this love only exists in dreams. For love, for a person, for the sake of a name, in order to a promise, watch a lifetime.,“If you love some one ,let it and set him,or her free, if he / she comes back to,you ,its meant to be。”,Thank You,-Group 3,
