Glaucon (; el,
Γλαύκων; c. 445 BC – 4th century BC), son of
Ariston Ariston (from el, ) may refer to:
People
Ancient Greece
* Ariston of Sparta (6th century BC), Eurypontid King of Sparta
* Ariston of Athens (died circa 424 BC), father of Plato
* Ariston of Byzantium (), tyrant of the city of Byzantium
* Aristo ...
, was an
ancient Athenian and
Plato
Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institutio ...
's older brother. He is primarily known as a major conversant with
Socrates
Socrates (; ; –399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no te ...
in the ''
Republic''. He is also referenced briefly in the beginnings of two dialogues of Plato, the ''
Parmenides
Parmenides of Elea (; grc-gre, Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia.
Parmenides was born in the Greek colony
Greek colonization was an organised Colonies in antiquity ...
'' and ''
Symposium''. Glaucon also appears in
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies of ...
's ''
Memorabilia'', and is referenced in
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical Greece, Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatet ...
's ''
Poetics'', where Aristotle states: "The true mode of interpretation is the precise opposite of what Glaucon mentions. Critics, he says, jump at certain groundless conclusions; they pass adverse judgement and then proceed to reason on it; and, assuming that the poet has said whatever they happen to think, find fault if a thing is inconsistent with their own fancy."
[Aristotle, ''Poetics'', 11.2]
See also
*
List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
Notes
External links
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5th-century BC Athenians
Pupils of Socrates
4th-century BC deaths
440s BC births
Family of Plato