Plato was a theorist.
Plato -LRB- -LSB- pleto -RSB- Greek :  Pltn , -LSB- pl.tn -RSB- in Classical Attic ; 428/427 or 424/423 -- 348/347 BCE -RRB- was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens , the first institution of higher learning in the Western world .	Athens	Ancient Athens	Greek	Ancient Greek language	Classical Attic	Attic Greek	philosopher	philosopher	Classical Greece	Classical Greece	Academy	Platonic Academy	Western world	Western world
In the classical sense , a philosopher was someone who lived according to a certain way of life , focusing on resolving existential questions about the human condition , and not someone who discourses upon theories or comments upon authors .	classical	Classics	existential questions	Meaning of life	human condition	human condition
