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Plato

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His original name was Arisʹtoclēs, but he was called Platõn from the great breadth of his shoulders.

The German Plato. Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819).

The Jewish Plato. Philo Judæus, an Alexandrine philosopher. (Flourished 20–40.)

The Puritan Plato. John Howe, the Nonconformist (1630–1706).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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