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Plato

4th-century BCE Greek philosopher

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  • Cornelii Gemmæ lovaniensis medicinæ professoris, De arte cyclognomica, tomi III. Doctrinam ordinvm vniversam, vnaqve philosophiam Hippocratis, Platonis, Galeni, et Aristotelis in vnius communissimæ, ac circularis methodi speciem referentes, quae per animorum triplices orbes ac sphaerae caelestis similitudinem fabricatos, non medicinae tantum arcana pandit mysteria, sed et inveniendis, constituendisque artibus, ac scientiis caeteris viam compendiariam patefecit / [Cornelius Gemma].

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  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.
  • Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Plato discussing philosophical matters with others in the garden of the Academia. Etching by Salvator Rosa.
  • Plato. Engraving by Remondini.
  • Plato. Drawing after Raphael, ca. 1793.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.
  • Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The School of Athens: a key to the figures in the centre of the composition. Engraving by G. Volpato, after Raphael.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by J. & T. Bartlett, 1835, after Raphael.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
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    The history of Paraguay. Containing ... a full and authentic account of the establishments formed there by the Jesuits, from among the savage natives ... establishments allowed to have realized the sublime ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas Moore, and Plato / Written originally in French. By the celebrated Father Charlevoix.

    Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761. | Date: 1769
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    Io, a dialogue of Plato, concerning poetry

    Plato | Date: [1759]
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    ErycI Pvteani Vitæ humanæ bivivm. Virtvtvm et vitiorvm lineæ, notis ethicis distinctæ. Libri tres. I. Accessum ad virtutes & vitia, continet, II. Viam virtutum, III. Vitiorum. E Platone, Aristotele, alijsq[ue] philosophis antiquis / [Erycius Puteanus].

    Puteanus, Erycius, 1574-1646. | Date: 1645
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    De sanguinis generatione, et motu naturali. Accedunt eiusdem, et Antonii Guntheri Billichii, de fermentatione, libri duo / [Hermann Conring].

    Conring, Hermann, 1606-1681. | Date: 1646
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    Plato Arabus / edidit Richardus Walzer.

    Plato. | Date: 1951-
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