Talk:Plato

India

WP:EXCEPTIONAL; see here. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:26, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Will Durant is a good source. That stackexchange website has a comment regarding how it was just taken from "The Disciples of Christ" article, however, I do not see any evidence of that by any scholarly source. Because Durant is well-respected, I think that his account is alright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakespeare143 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Durant is just repeating mideval speculation; he's not asserting it to be true. Teishin (talk) 18:32, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

I agree that Durant is not asserting that it is a fact. However, he is saying that it is a possibility. Shakespeare143 (talk) 18:44, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Later life and death

In the second paragraph of “later life and death” an approximation of between a kilometer and half a mile is used for six stadia. I’m inexperienced with Wikipedia editing standards, but it seems odd to combine two systems of measurement in one article, let alone one specific measurement. I would recommend replacing it with “between 800 and 1,000 meters” or similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoenix51291 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

"Peacock" change

It isn't just a NYT article, but a research from one of the biggest universities in the world, plus I think that it doesn't even need any more citations. (Likewise Confucius is Confucius, each one for different cultures f.e). In many other significant people such as Karl Marx, Confucius, Charles Darwin etc you can find the same thing.Holloman123 (talk) 19:14, 23 October 2021 (UTC):@Aza24:

Name

Is there any reason why the editors have chosen to omit referencing (even if marked as uncertain) Alexander of Miletus quoted by Diogenes Laertius in "Lives and Doctrines of Eminent Philosophers", bk III ch 4, Plato's given name of Aristocles, son of Ariston, of the deme Collytus? We find the same in several other sources - and while disputed by some - it is the only claim made by any of the traditions we have (ie no other sustainable claim is made in any of the sources).

We know his grandfather was called Aristocles for sure, so it is a perfectly rational view, supported by far more data than many other "facts" of ancient history which we accept as a given.

Historiaantiqua (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Inconsistent redirects for Plato's dialogues

There are two redirects for Plato's dialogues (Plato's dialogues and Plato's Dialogues). The first one is broken (redirecting to a non-existent section Plato#Dialogues), the second one redirects to the section Plato#Philosophy. There is, however, also the section Plato#Themes of Plato's dialogues to consider, so I am unsure what to do to make them consistent.

The article about Socrates uses the broken redirect in its second paragraph, so the question is of some importance. --Anselm Schmidt (talk) 18:53, 7 June 2022 (UTC)