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The School of Athens represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other. These figures all lived at different times, but here they are gathered together under one roof.

Platos philosophy of the changing world that we see around us is just a shadow of a higher, truer reality that is eternal and unchanging (and include things like goodness and beauty). For Plato, this otherworldly reality is the ultimate reality, and the seat of all truth, beauty, justice, and wisdom.

Aristotle's philosophy is that the only reality is the one that we can see and experience by sight and touch (exactly the reality dismissed by Plato). Aristotle's Ethics book "emphasized the relationships, justice, friendship, and government of the human world and the need to study it."

Pythagoras believed that the world (including the movement of the planets and stars) operated according to mathematical laws. These mathematical laws were related to ideas of musical and cosmic harmony, and thus (for the Christians who interpreted him in the Renaissance) to God. Pythagoras taught that each of the planets produced a note as it moved, based on its distance from the earth. Together, the movement of all the planets was perfect harmony -- "the harmony of the spheres."

Ptolemy tried to mathematically explain the movements of the planets (which was not easy since some of them appear to move backwards!). His theory of how they all moved around the earth remained the authority until Copernicus and Kepler figured out (in the late 16th century) that the earth was not at the center of the universe, and that the planets moved in orbits the shape of ellipses not in circles.

In ancient Greece, higher education was a privilege reserved for the wealthy and was provided by private tutors or by attending one of the few schools. The most well-known schools were in Athens and were run by philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. [they say]

One of the most famous institutions was Plato's Academy, established around 387 BC in Athens. It is considered the first center of higher education in the Western world. The Academy was a place where scholars gathered to discuss philosophy, mathematics, and other subjects. Plato's student, Aristotle, later founded his own school, the Lyceum, which also became a significant center of learning.

Education in ancient Greece was divided into two forms: formal and informal. Formal education was attained through attendance at a public school or provided by a hired tutor, while informal education was provided by an unpaid teacher in a non-public setting. Higher education became prominent in Athens around 420 BC.

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Plato’s Academy Athens – First University in the World
https://greekerthanthegreeks.com/platos-academy-athens-first-university-in-the-world/

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/

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